Gustavo Gutiérrez Biography

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NAME: Gustavo Gutiérrez
OCCUPATION: Priest, Theologian
BIRTH DATE: June 08, 1928 (Age: 84)
EDUCATION: National University of Peru, Catholic University of Leuven, Gregorian University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Lima, Peru
ZODIAC SIGN: Gemini

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Roman Catholic priest Gustav Gutiérrez is one of the most prominent figures in Latin American Catholicism and is considered the father of liberation theology.

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One of the most prominent figures in Latin American Catholicism, renowned priest Gustav Gutiérrez is considered the father of liberation theology. Gutiérrez is a prominent author who has studied and taught at universities across America, Europe and South America. His most famous work, A Theology of Liberation (1976), is the foundational text of liberation theology.