Rubem Alves
Encyclopedia
Rubem Azevedo Alves, is a Brazilian theologian, philosopher, educator, writer, and psychoanalyst.
Alves was born in Boa Esperança
, Minas Gerais
. He is one of the founders of liberation theology
.
, the main newspaper in his hometown, Campinas
, in the state of São Paulo
. He has published more than 40 books so far, and several of them have been translated into German
, French
, English
, Italian
, Spanish
and Romanian
. He is also a very popular lecturer and is much appreciated by educators in general for his humanistic views on education
.
His book, The Poet, The Warrior, The Prophet is an important text in the field of Theopoetics
.
Alves was born in Boa Esperança
Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais
Boa Esperança is a town located in the south of Minas Gerais state, Brazil.It is situated at an altitude of 800 m with a population of 39,000 .The economy of Boa Esperança is based on coffee plantations and tourism....
, Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
. He is one of the founders of liberation theology
Liberation theology
Liberation theology is a Christian movement in political theology which interprets the teachings of Jesus Christ in terms of a liberation from unjust economic, political, or social conditions...
.
Education
- Bachelor of TheologyBachelor of TheologyThe Bachelor of Theology is a three to five year undergraduate degree in theological disciplines. Candidates for this degree typically must complete course work in Greek or Hebrew, as well as systematic theology, biblical theology, ethics, homiletics and Christian ministry...
, (B.Th.) Seminário Teológico Presbiteriano do Sul, CampinasCampinasCampinas is a city and municipality located in the coastal interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. is the administrative center of the meso-region of the same name, with 3,783,597 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census, consisting of 49 cities....
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, 1957. - Master of TheologyMaster of TheologyA Master of Theology is an advanced theological research degree offered by universities, divinity schools, and seminaries.-North America:In North America, the Master of Theology is considered by the Association of Theological Schools to be the minimum educational credential for teaching...
, (Th.M.) Union Theological SeminaryUnion Theological Seminary in the City of New YorkUnion Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of theology, located in Manhattan between Claremont Avenue and Broadway, 120th to 122nd Streets. The seminary was founded in 1836 under the Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated with nearby Columbia...
, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, 1964. - Doctor of PhilosophyDoctor of PhilosophyDoctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
(Ph.D.), Princeton Theological SeminaryPrinceton Theological SeminaryPrinceton Theological Seminary is a theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church located in the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey in the United States...
, Princeton, New JerseyPrinceton, New JerseyPrinceton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...
, United States, 1968. - Trained Psychoanalyst by the Brazilian Association of Psychoanalysis of São Paulo.
Academic career
- Assistant Professor of Social Philosophy, in the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Rio Claro (1969)
- Assistant Professor of Philosophy, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) (1974). He was promoted to professor (1979) and associate professor (1980), both at Faculty of Education, UNICAMP.
Career as writer
Besides his activities as university professor and researcher, Dr. Alves is a prolific writer of books and articles in journals and newspapers on education, psychology and life in general. Since 1986 he is a regular columnist at the Correio PopularCorreio Popular
Correio Popular is the largest daily newspaper in the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil. It was founded on September 4, 1927 by Álvaro Ribeiro...
, the main newspaper in his hometown, Campinas
Campinas
Campinas is a city and municipality located in the coastal interior of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. is the administrative center of the meso-region of the same name, with 3,783,597 inhabitants as of the 2010 Census, consisting of 49 cities....
, in the state of São Paulo
São Paulo (state)
São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil...
. He has published more than 40 books so far, and several of them have been translated into German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
. He is also a very popular lecturer and is much appreciated by educators in general for his humanistic views on education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
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His book, The Poet, The Warrior, The Prophet is an important text in the field of Theopoetics
Theopoetics
Theopoetics is an emerging field of interdisciplinary study, combining elements of poetic analysis, process theology, narrative theology, and postmodern philosophy....
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International
- A Theological Interpretation of the Meaning of the Revolution in Brasil. A thesis presented to the Union Theological Seminary. USA
- A Theology of Human Hope. Washington: Corpus Books. 246p Doctorate thesis, original title: Towards a Theology of Liberation
- Tomorrow's Child. Imagination, Creativity and the Rebirth of Culture. New York: Harper and Row Publishers.
- What is Religion?, Orbis Books, New York
- I believe in the Resurrection of the Body. Philadelphia Fortress Press
- Teologia della Speranza umana. Brescia: Queriniana Editrice. 246p.
- Christianisme, Opium o Liberation? Une Theologie de L'Espoir Humain. Paris.
- Il Figlio del Domani. Brescia: Queriniana Editrice. 207p.
- Hijos DeI Mañana. Salamanca: Edições Sígueme: 231p.
- El Enigma de la Religion. Buenos Aires: Edições la Aurora. Translation: Raúl Lopez. 269p.
- L'Enigma della Religione. Roma: Edizione Borla 192p.
- Was ist Religion? Zürich: Pendo-Verlag
- Protestantism and Repression: A Brazilian case study. New York: Orbis Books. 215p.
- Protestantism and Repression. London: SCM Press. 215p.
- Ich glaube an die Auferstehung des Leibes. Meditationen. Düsseldorf: Patmos Verlang. 79p.
- Je Crois en la Résurrection du Corps. Méditation. Paris: Lês Édition du Cerf. 85p.
- La Teologia como Juego. Buenos Aires. Ediciones la Aurora. 143p.
- Vater Unser. Mediationen. Düsseldorf: Translated by Horst Goldstein. 144p.
- The Poet, the Warrior, the Prophet. Philadelphia: Trinity Press Internacional. London: SCM Press. 148p.
- Le Mangeur de Paroles. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf. 203p.
- Parole da Mangiare. Comunitá di Bose. Magnano: Edizione Qiqajon. Itália, 199p.
- Cartea cuvintelor bune de mâncat sau bucǎtǎria ca parabolǎ teologicǎ. Sibiu: Editura Deisis. Trad. Virginia Gálea. 191p.
- La Alegria de Enseñar. Barcelona: Ediciones Octaedro. 95p.
In Portuguese
- A Gestação do Futuro. Campinas: Editora Papirus. Tradução: João Francisco Duarte Junior. 199p.
- O Enigma da Religião. Petrópolis: Editora Vozes. 169p.
- Filosofia da Ciência. Introdução ao jogo e suas regras. São Paulo: Editora Brasiliense. 190p.
- O que é Religião? São Paulo: Brasiliense/Abril Cultural. 133 p.
- Protestantismo e Repressão. São Paulo: Editora Ática. 290p.
- Dogmatismo e Tolerância. São Paulo: PAULUS. 172p.
- Creio na Ressurreição do corpo. Meditações. Rio de Janeiro. Cedi 73p.
- Variações sobre a Vida e Morte. A Teologia e sua Fala. São Paulo: PAULUS. 213p.
- Gandhi. São Paulo: Editora Brasiliense. 119p.
- Poesia, Profecia e Magia. Rio de Janeiro. CEDI. 80p.
- Conversas Com Quem Gosta de Ensinar. São Paulo: Cortez/Autores Associados. 87p.
- Estórias de Quem Gosta de Ensinar. São Paulo: Cortez/Autores Associados. 108p.
- O Suspiro dos Oprimidos. São Paulo: PAULUS. 119p.
- Pai Nosso. São Paulo: PAULUS. 146p.
- Tempus Fugit. São Paulo: PAULUS. 109p.
- O Poeta, o Guerreiro e o Profeta. Petrópolis: Editora Vozes. 143p.
- Lições de Feitiçaria. Vol I. São Paulo: Ars Poética- 100p.
- O Retorno Eterno. Campinas: Papirus. 169p. O retorno eterno. Campinas: Papirus. 169p.
- Teologia do Cotidiano: São Paulo: Olho D'Água. 95p.
- A Alegria de Ensinar. São Paulo: Ars Poética/Petah. 103p.
- O Quarto do Mistério. Campinas: Speculum/Papirus. 224p.
- Sobre o Tempo e a Eterna Idade. Campinas: Speculum/Papirus. 164p.
- A Festa de Maria. Campinas: Papirus/Speculum. 111p.
- As Contas de Vidro e o Fio de Nylon. São Paulo: Ars Poética. 109p.
- Cenas da Vida. Campinas: Papirus/Speculum. 128p.
- Navegando. São Paulo: Ars Poética. 103p.
- Concerto para Corpo e Alma. Campinas: Papirus. 160p.
- E Aí? Cartas aos Adolescentes e a Seus Pais. Campinas: Papirus.
- Entre a Ciência e a Sapiência: o Dilema da Educação. São Paulo: Loyola. 148p.
- O Amor que Acende a Lua. Campinas: Papirus/Speculum. 214p.
- Por uma Educação Romântica: Brevíssimos Exercícios de Imortalidade. Vila Nova de Famalicão: Centro de Formação Camilo Castelo Branco. Portugal. 261 pp.
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