THEOLOGY SERIES
The "Teologia PUC-Rio Series" was created with the aim of publishing the most outstanding Theses and Dissertations of the Post-Graduation Programs of the Theology Department of PUC-Rio. The publications are made in partnership with the Publishing Houses PUC-Rio and Vozes Academica.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF TEXTS FOR PUBLICATION
1. The selection of theses and dissertations for the PUC-Rio Theology Series will take place annually, and it is up to the Director to establish the number of theses and dissertations to be published that year.
2. The Coordination of the Program shall establish the process and the deadline for nomination and submission of theses and dissertations (Systematic-Pastoral and Biblical).
3. Each supervising professor who wishes to participate in this selection process will be responsible for indicating a maximum of one thesis and one dissertation per year.
4. The theses and dissertations approved by the examining board with conditions or suggestions for changes recorded in the Defense Minutes cannot be nominated.
5. After the deadline for nominations of theses and dissertations, the Special Committee of the Department of Theology shall establish an Evaluation Committee, composed of at least three professors.
6. The Evaluation Committee will have the following duties:
a) Verify the adequacy of the theses and dissertations enrolled to the criteria and the high level of quality required for the Series.
b) Decide for the declassification of the registered theses and dissertations, if they do not meet the defined selection criteria.
c) Select the thesis(es) and dissertation(s) to be published.
7. Preferably, the advisors of the competing theses and dissertations should not participate in the evaluation commission. Particular cases will be judged by the Special Committee, in the act of establishing the aforementioned committee.
Selected Theses and Dissertations (2017)
Grateful to the Commission for their work and congratulations to the professors and students who were comtemplated in the choice of the texts defended throughout 2017. Chosen according to academic criteria.
Although the announcement foresaw the publication of two theses, after consultation and authorization from the Department's direction, the Commission selected the Theses and Dissertations:
Theses
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The assembly sacrament: mystagogical theology of the celebrating community, by Gustavo Correa Cola, oriented by Prof. Luiz Fernando Ribeiro Santana.
Publication Year: 2020
Price: R$ 50,00 (To be acquired directly at the department's secretariat)
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Por uma teologia ficcional: a (des)construção teológica na reescritura bíblica de José Saramago by Marcio Cappelli Alo Lopes, oriented by Prof. Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer and already awarded with the Capes Thesis Award - 2017 Edition.
Publication Year: 2020
Price: R$ 60,00 (To be acquired directly at the department's secretariat)
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A heroine named Ruth: narrative and intertextual analysis of Rt 3, by Alessandra Serra Viegas, oriented by Prof. Leonardo Agostini Fernandes.
Publication Year: 2020
Price: R$ 50,00 (To be acquired directly at the department's secretariat)
Dissertations
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The eschatology of love. Hope in the Trinitarian understanding of God in Jürgen Moltmann, by Rogério Guimarães de Almeida Cunha, oriented by Prof. Cesar Augusto Kuzma.
Publication Year: 2020
Price: R$ 30,00 (To be acquired directly at the department's secretariat)
Selected Theses and Dissertations (2018)
Grateful to the work of the Commission and congratulations to those contemplated in the 2018 Theology Series edition and equally to the professors/supervisors.
Following the criteria listed in the 2018 Theology Series Announcement, the Commission selected two Theses and one Dissertation:
Theses
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Christian Mysticism and Fantastic Literature: The mystical experience in C. S. Lewis and Fantastic Literature as a Path to Christian Mysticism, by Marcio Simão de Vasconcellos, oriented by Prof. Lúcia Pedrosa de Pádua.
Publication Year: 2020
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The use of Is 52:13-53:12 in Romans 5:12-21: An analysis based on G. K. Beale's exegetical-interpretative method, by Samuel Brandao de Oliveira, under the supervision of Prof. Maria de Lourdes Côrrea Lima.
Publication Year: 2020
Price: R$ 60,00 (To be acquired directly at the department's secretariat)
Dissertations
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Orphans of father and mother: the anthropological need for Spiritual Direction , by Cristiano Holtz Peixoto, oriented by Prof. Joel Portella Amado.
Publication Year: 2020
Price: R$ 30,00 (To be acquired directly at the department's secretariat)
Selected Theses and Dissertations (2019)
Congratulations to the degree holders and advisors for their work and to all the PPG faculty and degree holders, who are represented in them.
For the Theology Series (ref.year 2019) the following theses and dissertations have been selected:
Theses
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The Existential Christology of Karl Rahner and Teresa of Calcutta: Two Mystics from the Century Without God, by Douglas Alves Fontes, oriented by Prof. Maria Clara Lucchetti Bingemer.
Publication Year: 2020
Price: R$ 40,00 (To be acquired directly at the department's secretariat)
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"We proclaim Christ crucified" (1 Cor 1:23): The formation of missionary disciples today in light of Antonio Pagani's theology of the cross, by Sueli da Cruz Pereira, mentored by Prof. Abimar Oliveira de Moraes.
Publication Year: 2021
Dissertations
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The Pauline use of the expression μὴ γένοιτο in Galatians: a comparative study, by Marcelo Ferreira Miguel, oriented by Prof. Waldecir Gonzaga.
Publication Year: 2021
Selected Theses and Dissertations (2020)
Congratulations to the degree holders and advisors for their work and to all the PPG faculty and degree holders, who are represented in them.
For the Theology Series (ref year 2020) the following theses and dissertations have been selected:
Theses
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Christian Liturgical Mysticism: Mystagogy today in the light of the Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium, by Vitor Gino, oriented by Prof. Luiz Fernando Ribeiro Santana.
Publication Year: 2021
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The Glory of Jesus in the Transfiguration and its contribution to the formation of Lucan Christology: A Redactional Analysis of Lk 9:28-36, by Leonardo dos Santos Silveira, oriented by Prof. Waldecir Gonzaga.
Publication Year: 2021
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Inter-religious Dialogue for an Integral Ecology: A study on Pope Francis' contribution, especially with Laudato Si', to inter-religious dialogue, by Christiano Gomes, oriented by Prof. Maria Teresa de Freitas Cardoso.
Publication Year: 2021
