Rubem Azevedo Alves was a Brazilian theologian, philosopher, educator, writer and psychoanalyst.
10 Facts About Rubem Alves
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Rubem Alves was born on 15 September 1933, in Boa Esperanca, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Rubem Alves obtained his Bachelor of Theology degree at the Presbyterian Seminary in Campinas, Brazil, in 1957.
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Rubem Alves went on to obtain a Master of Theology from the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, United States, in 1964.
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Immediately upon his return to Brazil, Rubem Alves went into hiding.
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Rubem Alves sorely missed his homeland, and felt constrained by the requirements of the doctoral program.
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Besides his activities as a university professor and researcher, Rubem Alves was a prolific writer of books and articles in journals and newspapers on education, psychology and life in general.
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Rubem Alves published more than 40 books, several of which have been translated into German, French, English, Italian, Spanish and Romanian.
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Rubem Alves's book, The Poet, The Warrior, The Prophet, is an important text in the field of theopoetics.
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Rubem Alves has been described as an "unsung hero", and is often omitted from brief descriptions of liberation theology.