Juan Luis Segundo

Juan Luis Segundo, SJ ( born October 31, 1925 in Montevideo, Uruguay; † January 17, 1996 ibid ), philosopher and theologian. It is an important and early proponent of liberation theology.

Life

Segundo was a Jesuit since 1941, he studied philosophy and theology in Buenos Aires ( licentiate in philosophy in 1952 ), lions ( licentiate in theology ) and Paris ( Ph.D. 1963).

He then worked as a university chaplain, director of the Centre for Social Research and Action Pedro Fabro in Montevideo and gave the magazine " Perspectivas de Diálogo " out until 1975 closed under pressure from the center of government, both had to be adjusted as well as the magazine. He then continued to work with various lay groups.

Segundo has taught at universities in Europe, North and Latin America (including Harvard, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Birmingham and São Paulo), but never held an academic function in Uruguay.

Theological Issues and Services

  • Hermeneutic circle
  • Distinction between faith and ideology
  • Option for the poor
  • Christology from the perspective of the poor
  • Ecclesiology and theology of Vatican II
  • Development of dogma as Deuterolernprozess (following Gregory Bateson )

Bibliography

  • Berdiaeff. Une reflexion sur la personne chrétienne, Paris 1963
  • Masa y Minorias en la Dialectica divina de la liberación, Buenos Aires 1973
  • The option between capitalism and socialism as a theological crux, in: Concilium (D ) 10 ( 1974), 434-443
  • Liberation of Theology, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan 1977
  • The Hidden Motives of Pastoral Action, Maryknoll: Orbis 1978
  • El hombre de hoy ante Jesús de Nazaret, vols I and II, Madrid: Ediciones Cristiandad 1982
  • Teología abierta, ( 3 volumes), Madrid: Ediciones Cristiandad 1983-1984
  • Teología de la liberación. Respuesta al Cardenal Ratzinger, Madrid: Ediciones Cristiandad 1985
  • La opción por los pobres como clave para entender el hermenéutica evangelio, in: Sal Terrae 74 (1986) 473-482 and in: Relat 118
  • The two theologies of liberation in Latin America, in: Michael Sievernich (ed.): pulses of liberation theology for Europe. A reading book, Mainz: Grünewald, 1988, 103-117
  • Jesus and His church, in: Giancarlo Collet (ed.): The Christ of the poor. The witness to Christ in Latin American Theology, Freiburg / Breisgau: Herder, 1988, 107-126
  • El dogma que libera ( Presencia Teológica 53), Santander: Sal Terrae 1989
  • La historia y perdida Recuperada de Jesús de Nazaret. De los Sinópticos a Pablo ( Presencia Teológica 65), Santander: Sal Terrae 1991
  • ¿ Qué mundo? ¿ Qué hombre? ¿ Qué Dios? ( Presencia Teológica 72), Santander: Sal Terrae 1993
  • Signs of the Times. Theological Reflections, ed. by Alfred T. Hennelly, SJ, Maryknoll: Orbis 1993
  • El caso Mateo. Los comienzos de una ética judeocristiana ( Presencia Teológica 74), Santander: Sal Terrae 1994
  • " Freedom and Liberation " and " revelation, faith and signs of the times ", in: Ignacio Ellacuría; Jon Sobrino (ed.): Mystery Liberationis. Basic Concepts of Liberation Theology, Vol 1, Lucerne: Exodus 1995, 361-381; 433-460
  • El infierno. Un diálogo con Karl Rahner, Montevideo: Trilce; Buenos Aires: Lohle 1998

Secondary literature

  • Stefan Aulbach: Spirituality creates liberation. The design of Christian existence in Juan Luis Segundo. Lang, Frankfurt am Main, inter alia, 1992, ISBN 3-631-45078-8 ( Würzburg studies on Fundamental Theology 10).
  • Norbert Brieskorn: Juan Luis Segundo. From the theology of liberation to liberation theology. In: Peter Neuner, Gunther Wenz (eds.): theologian of the 20th century. An Introduction. University Press, Darmstadt 2002, ISBN 3-534-14963-7, pp. 217-235
  • Gustavo Gutierrez: Juan Luis Segundo. Una amistad para toda la vida. In: Signos 16, 1, 1996, p 8
  • Elbio Medina: commitment and intellectuality. On the death of Juan Luis Segundo ( 1925-1996 ). In: Orientation 60, 1996, ISSN 0030-5502, pp. 85-87.
  • Stefan Silver: the liberation of cultures. The contribution of Juan Luis Segundo's theology of encultured evangelization. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, inter alia, 2002, ISBN 3-631-38573-0 ( Würzburg studies on Fundamental Theology 27).
  • Stefan Silber: liberation of Evangliums, liberation of cultures. The contribution of Juan Luis Segundo's theology of encultured evangelization. In: New Journal of Mission Studies 58, 2, 2002, ISSN 0028-3495, pp. 111-130.
  • Stefan Silber: SJ Segundo, Juan Luis. In: Biographic- bibliographic church encyclopedia ( BBKL ). Volume 32, Bautz, Nordhausen 2011, ISBN 978-3-88309-615-5, Sp 1270-1275. (Articles / Articles beginning possibly in the Internet Archive )
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