Gustavo Gutiérrez
Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino OP (born June 8, 1928 in Lima , Peru ) is a Peruvian Roman Catholic priest , Dominican and university professor . He is one of the founders of liberation theology and its namesake.
Life
Gutiérrez studied medicine, art, philosophy, psychology and theology in Lyon , Leuven , Rome and Paris. He then worked in Peru as an advisor to the National Association of Catholic Students (UNEWC) and taught as a professor of theology and social sciences at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima. Since 1971 he has worked in the Christian Peace Conference (CFK).
In the early 1970s Gutiérrez wrote Teología de la Liberación, the fundamental work of the theology of liberation, which also gave it its name. In it he described their self-image and method, marking the beginning of a new way of practicing theology. Gutiérrez founded the Bartolomé de las Casas Institute in Lima in 1974 , of which he is director. He was visiting professor at several North American universities.
Gutiérrez also made important contributions to a “spirituality of liberation”. Life with the poor in the slums of Lima was Gutiérrez's life as the practical basis of his theology. In 2001 he joined the Dominican Order. He is currently working in the Rímac district of Lima.
Honors
Gutiérrez was appointed Doctor honoris causa at several universities , u. a. in Tübingen , Québec and Freiburg im Breisgau . In 2002 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 2003 he received the Prince of Asturias Prize in the “Communication and Human Sciences” category.
Fonts (selection)
- Liberation Theology . Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Munich 1973, ISBN 3-459-00878-4 .
- God or the gold. The liberating path of the Bartolomé de Las Casas . Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau / Basel / Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-451-21994-8 .
- with Gerhard Ludwig Müller : At the side of the poor. Liberation Theology . Sankt-Ulrich-Verlag, Augsburg 2004, ISBN 3-936484-40-6 .
- Following Jesus and an option for the poor. Contributions to the theology of liberation in the age of globalization . Academic Press / Kohlhammer, Friborg / Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-17-020526-0 .
literature
- Gottlieb Matejka: On the world situation of political theology with special consideration of Leonardo Boff and Gustavo Gutiérrez. Diss., University of Vienna 1986.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gustavo Gutiérrez in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino , curriculum vitae on the website of the Peruvian Catholic Students' Association UNEC (Gutiérrez serves as its Advisory Board), Spanish
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Bruno Kern: Theologie der Befreiung , Verlag A. Francke, Tübingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-8252-4027-1 , p. 123
- ↑ Instituto Bartolomé de las Casas - Homepage (Spanish)
- ↑ Gustavo Gutierrez, OP . In: Department of Theology: People . University of Notre Dame. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gutiérrez, Gustavo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gutiérrez Merino, Gustavo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Peruvian co-founder and namesake of liberation theology |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lima , Peru |