Leonardo Boff
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Leonardo Boff | |
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.jpeg) Boff in 2003 | |
| Born | Genézio Darci Boff 14 December 1938 Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
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| Spouse | Márcia Monteiro da Silva Miranda |
| Relatives | Clodovis Boff (brother) |
| Awards | Right Livelihood Award (in 2000) |
Leonardo Boff (Portuguese:
Studies as a priest
Boff was born in 1938 in
His brother is the theologian Clodovis Boff.
Liberation theology
Boff became one of the best-known supporters (along with Gustavo Gutiérrez, Juan Luis Segundo and Jon Sobrino) of the early liberation theologians. He was present in the first reflections that sought to articulate indignation against poverty and marginalisation with a promissory discourse on faith, leading to Latin American liberation theology. He continues to be a controversial figure in the Catholic Church, primarily for his sharp criticism of the church's hierarchy, which he sees as "fundamentalist", but also for his political positions.
Political views
Boff is critical of secular power, as well of
Boff has voiced his supported for the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, an organisation which advocates for democratic reform in the United Nations, and the creation of a more accountable international political system.[4]
Laicization
Authorities in the Catholic Church did not consider Boff's views of the Church's leadership acceptable. They also saw his support of liberation theology as having "politicized everything" and reproached his proximity to Marxism. In 1985, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, directed at that time by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI), silenced him for a year for his book Church: Charism and Power.[5] He later accused Ratzinger of "religious terrorism".[6]
Boff was almost silenced again in 1992 by
Boff joined the international group of Catholic Scholars who in 2012 issued the Jubilee Declaration on reform of authority in the Catholic Church.[7]
For most of his life Boff has worked as a professor in the academic fields of
Boff commented on the election of
Works
- The Tao of Liberation: Exploring the Ecology of Transformation, together with Mark Hathaway. 2009, Orbis Books. ISBN 978-15-7075-841-6
- Evangelio del Cristo cósmico. 2009. ISBN 978-84-9879-087-0
- El águila y la gallina. Una metáfora de la condición humana. Cuarta edición 2006. ISBN 978-84-8164-514-9
- Ecología: grito de la Tierra, grito de los pobres. Cuarta edición 2006. ISBN 978-84-8164-104-2
- Femenino y masculino. Una nueva conciencia para el encuentro de las diferencias. 2004. ISBN 978-84-8164-689-4
- La voz del arco iris. 2003. ISBN 978-84-8164-589-7
- El cuidado esencial. Ética de lo humano, compasión por la Tierra. 2002. ISBN 978-84-8164-517-0
- Fundamentalismo. La globalización y el futuro de la humanidad. 2003. ISBN 84-293-1476-8
- Mística y espiritualidad, junto a ISBN 978-84-8164-102-8
- Ética planetaria desde el Gran Sur. 2001. ISBN 978-84-8164-412-8
- Gracia y experiencia humana. 2001. ISBN 978-84-8164-498-2
- El despertar del águila. 2000. ISBN 978-84-8164-409-8
- La dignidad de la Tierra. Ecología, mundialización, espiritualidad. 2000. ISBN 978-84-8164-363-3
- La opción-Tierra: la solución para la tierra no cae del cielo. 2008. ISBN 978-84-293-1762-6
- Ecclesiogenesis: The Base Communities Reinvent the Church. 1986. ISBN 978-08-8344-214-2
- Church: Charism and Power. 1985. ISBN 0-8245-0590-5
- Los sacramentos de la vida. 1977. ISBN 978-84-293-0491-6
References
- ^ "Oswald de Andrade". educacao.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ Thils, G., Leonatrdo Boff, Die Kirche als Sakrament im Horizont der Welterfahrung (review), published in Revue Théologique de Louvain, 1972, 3-4 pp. 480-481 (in French), accessed 3 April 2023
- ^ (in Portuguese) Interview to the Comunità Italiana: "[Os USA] fizeram alianças espúrias com os emires e reis. Estes são despóticos, sequer possuem constituição. Embora riquíssimos, mantém o povo na pobreza." November 2001
- ^ "Overview". Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- OCLC 18193194.
- ^ (in Portuguese) Interview to the Comunità Italiana: "Um Cardeal como J. Ratzinger, ..., comete terrorismo religioso, ... ." November 2001
- John Wijngaards Catholic Research Centre. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ "L. Boff: "Bergoglio aprobó que una pareja gay adoptara un niño"". Religion Digital. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
External links
- Right Livelihood Award
- Interview to the Comunita Italiana (in Portuguese)
