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Rubem A Alves
All theories of social change, says Alves, rest squarely on the economic and structural forces operative in society at any given moment in history. Thus many of the proposals offered…
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A collection of short essays by Brazil’s most renowned philosopher, theologian, psychoanalyst, writer and professor, Rubem Alves.
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Rubem Alves
I wrote these things as celebrations of the resurrection. In the hope of the resurrection of the dead. To exorcise death, which we ourselves feed with our flesh. Invocations of…
Em um reino, nao muito distante, o rei assina um decreto determinando que todos os seus suditos tem de ser alegres. Assim, as tristezas procuram outro lugar para morar. Mas…
Lili e Gregorio sao amigos muito diferentes: uma elefantinha e um sapo. Eles passam horas brincando na lagoa, mas um incidente faz com que Lili precise passar por uma cirurgia…
Brief, intriguing thoughts and ideas from one of Brazil’s most popular writers.
Breno Martins Campos
Over the last twenty years, incredible changes have taken place in the Presbyterian Church of Brazil. In 1959, on the occasion of its centennial celebrations, this church was acclaimed as…
Collected short essays by Brazilian theologist, philosopher, and psychoanalyst Rubem Alves. Translated by Glenn Alan Cheney
Short essays by Rubem Alves, touching on life, sex, nature, soup, childhood, crime, Brazil, bovine wisdom, magnolias, ants, stepmothers, fiddles, death, hope, and a whole lot more.
Rubem Alves takes a friendly but philosophical look at the stages of life–an unusual baptism, a child’s belief in the unseen, adolescent rebellion, teens with exceptional vision, male sexuality, old…
Uses poetry, story, and philosophy to bring theology alive, and show that theology cannot be reduced to conventional forms but is rather like the enigmatic illustrations of M C Escher…
Leslie R. James
Latin American Liberation Theology is perhaps the most dramatic expression of the turn to history and experience in Post-Vatican II Roman Catholic theology. The emphasis on contextuality, socio-historical transformation and…
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