Andrés Torres Queiruga facts for kids
Andrés Torres Queiruga was born in 1940 in a town called Aguiño, located in Ribeira, Galicia, Spain. He is a famous Galician theologian, writer, and translator. A theologian is someone who studies religion and God.
He studied in two important places: Santiago de Compostela and at the Comillas Pontifical University. He earned special degrees, becoming a doctor in both Theology (the study of religion) and Philosophy (the study of knowledge and existence).
Queiruga teaches Theology at the Instituto Teolóxico compostelá and the philosophy of religion at the University of Santiago de Compostela. He is a member of important groups like the Real Academia Galega and the Consello da Cultura Galega. He also helped start a magazine called Encrucillada: Revista Galega de Pensamento Cristián, and today he leads the Encrucillada Association. He also works for other magazines like Iglesia Viva, Sal Terrae, Revista Portuguesa de Filosofía, and Concilium.
What Andrés Torres Queiruga Wrote
Andrés Torres Queiruga has written many books and articles. Here are some of his important works:
- Teoloxía e sociedade (Theology and Society), 1974
- Recupera-la salvación (Recovering Salvation), 1977
- A revelación de Deus na realización do home (The Revelation of God in the Realization of Man), 1985
- Creo en Deus Pai. O Deus de Xesús e a autonomía humana (I Believe in God the Father. The God of Jesus and Human Autonomy), 1986
- Recupera-la creación. Por unha relixión humanizadora (Recovering Creation. For a Humanizing Religion), 1996
- Fin del cristianismo premoderno. Retos hacia un nuevo horizonte (End of Pre-Modern Christianity. Challenges Towards a New Horizon), 2000
- Repensar a resurrección. A diferencia cristiá na continuidade das relixións e da cultura (Rethinking the Resurrection. The Christian Difference in the Continuity of Religions and Culture), 2002
He also signed the Church 2011 manifesto, which was a public statement about the future of the church.
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In Spanish: Andrés Torres Queiruga para niños
