was one of the founders of the movement. In fact, his prominent book The Liberation of Theology, was a series of lectures that took place in 1974 at Harvard Divinity School. In 1974 he had the distinction of "Best Book in 1974 Liturgy" of the Catholic Press Association of New York for The Sacraments Today, vol. 4 of A Theology for Artisans of a New Humanity. Works His major works (translated into English from the original Spanish) include: Pre-Christian Stages of Faith (1962) The Christian Understanding of Humanity (1962) Berdiaeff. Une Réflexion chrétienne sur la Personne. Ed. Aubier, Paris 1963 (Col. Théologie 53) A Theology for Artisans of a New Humanity (5 vols., 1973–74) (Teología abierta para el laico adulto. Ed. Carlos Lohlé, Buenos Aires, in collaboration with the Centro Pedro Fabro of Montevideo.) The Liberation of Theology (1975–76) Hidden Motives of Pastoral Action: Latin American Reflections (English edition, 1978) Jesus of Nazareth Yesterday and Today (5 vols., 1982–88; volume 1, Faith and Ideologies, is the best known) Theology and the Church: a response to Cardinal Ratzinger and a Warning to the Whole Church (1985) The Liberation of Dogma (1989–1992) Sources Kim, Hyung-Kon, "Juan Luis Segundo," The Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Modern Western Theology, 1999 References 1925 births 1996 deaths Uruguayan Jesuits University of Paris alumni 20th-century Uruguayan Roman Catholic priests Liberation theologians Clergy from Montevideo 21st-century Roman Catholic theologians Uruguayan people of Spanish descent Uruguayan theologians Christian radicals Uruguayan Christian socialists Catholic socialists Christian socialist theologians