Juan Martín Velasco
Juan de Dios Martín Velasco (born March 8, 1934 in Santa Cruz del Valle , Ávila province , † April 5, 2020 in Madrid ) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest , philosopher and theologian . He was an expert on the phenomenology of religions and was considered one of the best Spanish theologians in recent decades.
Life
Martín Velasco studied theology in Madrid and was ordained a priest in 1956 . He graduated in philosophy in 1960 from the Belgian Catholic University of Leuven . He completed a doctorate at the Sorbonne Université in Paris, but defended his dissertation on the philosophy of religion by Henry Duméry in 1961 in Leuven . He then continued his studies in fundamental theology and religious studies at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg .
He was professor of phenomenology of religion at the Pontifical University of Salamanca and the Ecclesiastical University of San Damaso ( Universidad Eclesiástica San Damaso ) and the Institute of Religious Sciences at the Complutense University , the Master's degree in religion of the Pontifical University of Comillas and the University of Granada . He headed the Instituto Superior de Pastoral de Madrid for over 16 years . Martín Velasco was the author of numerous books, articles and collaborations on religious facts, religious experiences or mystical phenomena.
He died in April 2020 at the age of 86 as a result of a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Fonts (selection)
- La transmisión de la fe en la sociedad contemporánea , Editorial Sal Terrae 2000, ISBN 978-8429314267
- El fenómemo místico: estudio comparado , Editorial Trotta 2000 (3rd edition), ISBN 978-8481643152
- La experiencia cristiana de Dios , Editorial Trotta 2007 (5th edition), ISBN 978-8481649239
- Introducción a la fenomenología de la religiousón , Editorial Trotta 2007 (7th edition), ISBN 978-8481649239
- Orar para vivir , PPC Editorial 2008, ISBN 978-8428820967
- Fijos los ojos en Jesús , PPC Editorial 2012, ISBN 978-8428824446
- ¡Ojalá escuchéis hoy su voz! , PPC Editorial 2012, ISBN 978-8428823968
- Vivir la fe a la intemperie , Ediciones Narcea 2013, ISBN 978-8427719514
- Evangelii gaudium y los desafíos pastorales para la Iglesia , PPC Editorial 2014, ISBN 978-8428827706
- with Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga et. al .: Humanización y Evangelio , PPC Editorial 2015, ISBN 978-8428828970
- Dar de beber al sediento , Publicaciones Claretianas 2016, ISBN 978-8479665234
- Creo en la Iglesia , PPC Editorial 2016, ISBN 978-8428829106
- Celebración cristiana, con pasión y esperanza , Center de Pastoral Litúrgica 2018, ISBN 978-8481648331
Web links
- Literature by and about Juan Martín Velasco in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ^ Rubens Krieg: Fenomenologia como método de leitura da pós-modernidade: como compreender a experiência espiritual (p. 221, pdf). In: Questões de Teologia. 2018, accessed April 7, 2020 (Spanish).
- ^ "Fallce Juan Martín Velasco, el gran maestro español en fenomenología de las religiones" on vidanuevadigital.com from April 6, 2020 (Spanish)
- ↑ Juan Luis Galiacho / José Manuel Lozano Gotor: Fallce a los 86 años por Covid-19 Juan Martín Velasco, gran teólogo español y maestro de sacerdotes. In: elcierredigital.com. April 7, 2020, accessed April 7, 2020 (Spanish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martín Velasco, Juan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Martín Velasco, Juan de Dios |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish Roman Catholic priest, philosopher and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Cruz del Valle , Avila Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 2020 |
| Place of death | Madrid |