Brazilian writer Rubem Alves dies

The writer of some 160 widely translated works on education and psychology, Alves received a PhD from the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1968.
Alves, an exponent of liberation theology -- an interpretation of Christianity through the eyes of the suffering of the poor and marginalized -- had numerous works published in English, among them "What is Religion?" and "A Theology of Hope."
He also wrote a number of children's books.
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