father or mother comes with their dead child, it's no consolation to say, 'In the future just society there will be no more deaths of this kind.' This brings no comfort!" He also described liberation theology as "absolutely essential", describing his own version of liberation theology with these words: "The origin of my liberation theology is an erotic exuberance for life. We need to struggle to restore its erotic exuberance, to share this with the whole world." Academic career Trained as a psychoanalyst through the Brazilian Association of Psychoanalysis of São Paulo. Assistant Professor of Social Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Rio Claro (1969). Assistant Professor of Philosophy, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) (1974). He was promoted to professor (1979) and associate professor (1980), both at the Faculty of Education, UNICAMP. Career as writer Besides his activities as a university professor and researcher, Alves was a prolific writer of books and articles in journals and newspapers on education, psychology and life in general. From 1986 he was a regular columnist in Correio Popular, the main newspaper in his hometown, Campinas, in São Paulo state. He published more than 40 books, several of which have been translated into German, French, English, Italian, Spanish and Romanian. During his career he collaborated with notable personalities, including Peter Maurin, Dorothy Day, and Paulo Freire. His book, The Poet, The Warrior, The Prophet, is an important text in the field of theopoetics. During the last years of his life, Alves wrote several children's books. Alves died on July 19, 2014, in Campinas, Brazil. Legacy Alves has been described as an "unsung hero", and is often omitted from brief descriptions of liberation theology. Books International 246 pages. Revised version of his doctorate thesis, originally titled Towards a Theology of Liberation. 246 pages. 207 pages. 231 pages. 269 pages. 192 pages. 215 pages. 79 pages. 85 pages. 143 pages. 144 pages. 148 pages. 203 pages. 199 pages. 191 pages. 95 pages. 182 pages. (translation of As Melhores Crônicas de Rubem Alves) 212 pages. (translation of Retorno e Terno) 205 pages. (translation of Concerto para Corpo e Alma) In Portuguese 120 pages. 199 pages. 169 pages. 190 pages. 133 pages. 290 pages. 172 pages. 73 pages. 213 pages. 119 pages. 80 pages. 87 pages. 108 pages. 119 pages. 146 pages. 109 pages. 143 pages. 100 pages. 169 pages. 95 pages. 103 pages. 224 pages. 164