Ivone Gebara

Ivone Gebara (born 1944) is a Brazilian Catholic nun, philosopher, and feminist theologian.[1][2][3]

Ivone Gebara was born in São Paulo on December 9, 1944[4] to a family of Syrian-Lebanese descent. After receiving a degree in philosophy, she joined the Augustinian Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady in 1967[4] at the age of 22. She earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo.

Gebara taught at the Instituto Teológico do Recife (ITER) for almost 17 years alongside founder Hélder Câmara. Linked to liberation theology, the institution existed from 1968 until it was closed by order of the Vatican in 1989.[5][6] Since then she has devoted her time to writing and delivering courses and lectures around the world, on the foundations of religious discourse.

Since 1973 Gebara has lived in the Northeast Region. She currently lives in a poor neighborhood of Camaragibe in the Recife metropolitan area, 25 km from Recife.

In the 1990s, Gebara was tried and convicted by the Vatican for criticizing the moral teaching of the Church, especially due to comments she made in an interview printed in Veja magazine in regard to abortion.[1][7] She was ordered to two years of forced silence. During that time, she obtained her second doctorate, in Religious Studies from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. Gebara wrote a book addressing evil, Rompendo o silêncio: uma fenomenologia feminista do mal.[3][8]

Selected published works

Gebara is the author of over thirty books and numerous articles published in Portuguese, Spanish, French, English and German.[1][9] Among her major works are:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Uma clara opção pelos direitos das mulheres. Entrevista com Ivone Gebara. Por Mariana Carbajal. Instituto Humanitas - Unisinos, 25 de julho de 2012
  2. Ivone Gebara: Hierarquia da Igreja, obstáculo para empoderamento feminino. Adital, 9 de outubro de 2009.
  3. 1 2 Teologia feminista e a crítica da razão religiosa patriarcal: entrevista com Ivone Gebara. Por Maria José Rosado-Nunes. Revista Estudos Feministas, vol.14 n°1. Florianópolis, jan.-abr. de 2006. ISSN 0104-026X
  4. 1 2 Fuertes, Lizbeth Souza (2001). "Ivone Gebara". Notable Twentieth-century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary (1st ed.). Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press. pp. 110–113. ISBN 978-0-313-31112-3.
  5. Joseph Ratzinger esvaziou ala liberal no Brasil. Por Frederico Vasconcelos. Folha de S. Paulo, 24 de abril de 2005.
  6. TORRE, Miguel A. de la (org)The Hope of Liberation in World Religions
  7. Papa silenciou progressistas brasileiros. Desarticulação da ala da igreja identificada com a Teologia da Libertação se deu por meio da divisão de arquidioceses e da censura. Por Frederico Vasconcelos. Folha de S. Paulo, 10 de abril de 2005.
  8. Igualdade dentro da igreja é desejada por religiosas. Mulheres participam de conclave, mas cozinhando, limpando e arrumando os aposentos dos cardeais. Por Danilo, Boaventura. Diário da Manhã, 11 de março de 2013.
  9. Nhanduti editora. Ivone Gebara.
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