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I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body

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I wrote these things as celebrations of the resurrection. In the hope of the resurrection of the dead. To exorcise death, which we ourselves feed with our flesh. Invocations of joy and beauty. Whoever is joyful and loves beauty fights better. Resurrected bodies are more beautiful warriors because they bring in their hands the colors of the rainbow. And so bodies are transformed into seed which impregnates the earth so the future can be born. . . .

80 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1986

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Rubem Alves

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Rubem Alves é um psicanalista, educador, teólogo e escritor brasileiro, é autor de livros e artigos abordando temas religiosos, educacionais e existenciais, além de uma série de livros infantis.
Durante sua infância, enfrentou os problemas comuns ocasionados pelas freqüentes mudanças de estados e de escolas. Tais mudanças influenciaram sua atitude de introspecção que o levou à companhia dos livros e ao apoio da religião, base de sua educação.
Presbiteriano, tornou-se pastor. Teve três filhos, e entrou numa crise de fé decorrente de um problema de saúde na família, tendo assim de abandonar o pastorado. Apóstata do cristianismo, tornou-se crítico da religião organizada. É considerado persona non grata na Igreja Presbiteriana, pelas suas posições liberais e anticlericais. De volta ao mundo secular, tornou-se escritor e acadêmico.

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November 24, 2024
Alves was a favorite writer of mine from seminary for multiple themes (body, imagination, liberation), and this book was a gift from a friend who knows me well. I saved it until I had the time - and perhaps need? - to savor it, and I'm glad I did. Loved Loved Loved: cried, underlined, considered PhD...
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