Juan José Tamayo (born October 7, 1946 in

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) is a Spanish

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

and professor of theology at the

Charles III University of Madrid University Charles III of Madrid ( es, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (UC3M) is a public university in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Established in 1989, UC3M is an institution with a distinctly international profile. It offers a broad rang ...

. He specializes in Catholic hierarchy but has broadened into

Islamic studies Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam, and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theologies of other religious traditions, such as Easter ...

. He has contributed to controversies about Opus Dei, and has written over 50 books. He is president of the Asociación de Teólogos Juan XXIII. On September 16, 2009, Tamayo won the Seventh President of the Republic of Tunisia International Prize for Islamic Studies for his book ''Islam: Culture, Religion and Politics'' (in Spanish), beating some 28 candidates from 13 different countries. Tunisian President

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ( ar, زين العابدين بن علي, translit=Zayn al-'Ābidīn bin 'Alī; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali ( ar, بن علي) or Ezzine ( ar, الزين), was a Tunisian politician ...

presented the award during a ceremony held in Carthage Palace in

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. The book examines western prejudices against the Islamic world, questioning the common western stereotypes of Islam as a sexist, patriarchal, and fundamentally violent religion, and how it has become a successor to

communism Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

in critique following recent events of extremism and terrorism.

Works

* 1976 – ''Por una Iglesia del pueblo''. Mañana,

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* 1989 – ''Para comprender la teología de la liberación''. Estella, Verbo Divino * 1993 – ''Conceptos fundamentales del cristianismo''. Trotta, Madrid :* 1995 – ''Hacia la comunidad 1. La marginación, lugar social de los cristianos'' Trotta, Madrid :* 1994 – ''Hacia la comunidad 2. Iglesia profética, Iglesia de los pobres''. Trotta, Madrid :* 1995 – ''Hacia la comunidad 3. Los sacramentos, liturgia del prójimo''. Trotta, Madrid :* 1996 – ''Hacia la comunidad 4. Imágenes de Jesús. Condicionamientos sociales, culturales, religiosos y de género''. Trotta, Madrid :* 1998 – ''Hacía la comunidad 5. Por eso lo mataron. El horizonte ético de Jesús de Nazaret''. Trotta, Madrid :* 2000 – ''Hacia la comunidad 6. Dios y Jesús. El horizonte religiosos de Jesús de Nazaret''. Trotta, Madrid * 2000 – ''Diez palabras clave sobre Jesús de Nazaret''. Estella, Verbo Divino * 2003 – ''Nuevo paradigma teológico''. Trotta, Madrid * 2003 – ''Adiós a la cristiandad''. Barcelona, Ediciones B. De esta obra hay una recensión de Laureano Xoaquín Araujo Cardalda publicada en ''Revista de Investigaciones Políticas y Sociológicas'' (RIPS), vol. 3, nº 2, 2004, pp. 152–154 * 2004 – ''Fundamentalismos y diálogo entre religiones''. Editorial Trotta, 2004. * 2005– ''Iglesia y sociedad en España'' Trotta, Madrid, 2005. In association with Jose María Castillo. * 2005 – ''Nuevo diccionario de teología'' Trotta, Madrid * 2008 – * 2009 –

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Spanish theologian Juan José Tamayo wins award from Tunisian president
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamayo, Juan Jose 1946 births Living people People from the Province of Palencia Spanish Christian theologians Academic staff of the Charles III University of Madrid