Gustavo Gutiérrez

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5 total works indexed

1. Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities

   · 2000 · cited 22,648x

2. Hybrid functionals based on a screened Coulomb potential

   · 2003 · cited 18,104x

3. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,380x

4. trimAl: a tool for automated alignment trimming in large-scale phylogenetic analyses

   · 2009 · cited 11,964x

5. Restoring the Density-Gradient Expansion for Exchange in Solids and Surfaces

   · 2008 · cited 10,974x

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Quotes

• “Hence we speak of social revolution, not reform; of liberation, not development; of socialism, not the modernization of the prevailing system. ‘Realists’ call these statements romantic and utopian. And they should, for the rationality of these statements is of a kind quite unfamiliar to them.”
• “About the twelfth century the possibility of sharing contemplation by means of preaching and other forms of apostolic activity began to be considered. This point of view was exemplified in the mixed life (contemplative and active) of the mendicant orders and was expressed in the formula: contemplata aliis tradere ("to transmit to others the fruits of contemplation").”
• “Theology must be man's critical reflection on himself, on his own basic principles. Only with this approach will theology be a serious discourse, aware of itself, in full possession of its conceptual elements.”
• “By keeping historical events in their proper perspective, theology helps safeguard society and the Church from regarding as permanent what is only temporary. Critical reflection thus always plays the inverse role of an ideology which rationalizes and justifies a given social and ecclesial order.”
• “Theology as critical reflection thus fulfills a liberating function for man and the Christian community, preserving them from fetishism and idolatry, as well as from a pernicious and belittling narcissism.”
• “A theology which has as its points of reference only "truths" which have been established once and for all—and not the Truth which is also the Way—can only be static and, in the long run, sterile.”

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Key facts

Born

Gustavo Gutiérrez-Merino Díaz , ( 1928-06-08 ) 8 June 1928, Lima , Peru

Died

22 October 2024 (2024-10-22) (aged 96), Lima, Peru

Alma mater

Catholic University of Leuven Catholic University of Lyon

Occupations

Priest professor

Employers

University of Notre Dame Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

Known for

Latin American liberation theology preferential option for the poor

Notable work

A Theology of Liberation

Awards

Legion of Honor , 1993 , Member – American Academy of Arts and Sciences , 2002 , Prince of Asturias Award , 2003 , Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award , 2016

Religion

Christianity

Church

Roman Catholic Church

Congregations served

Iglesia Cristo Redentor, Rímac

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Key dates

Born

8 June 1928

Died

22 October 2024

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Gustavo

Family name

Q2255316

Gender

male

Citizenship

Peru

Place of birth

Lima

Place of death

Lima

Occupation

theologian

Educated at

Catholic University of Leuven

Employer

Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

Languages spoken

English language

Religion

Catholic Church

Student of

Yves Congar

Field of work

theology

Movement

liberation theology

Image

Gustavo gutierrez (Peruvian theologian).jpg

Residence

Peru

Religious order

Dominican Order

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