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Title: Ignacio Ellacuría Collection
Dates: 1956-1989
Collection Number: GTU 2005-8-01
Creator/Collector:
Ellacuría, Ignacio
Extent: 3 record boxes (1.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Graduate Theological Union
Berkeley, California 94709
Abstract: The collection is a copy of the material in the personal files of Ignacio Ellacuria at the Centro Pastoral Arzobispo Oscar
Romero at the University of Central America in San Salvador. The materials were used for Robert Lassalle-Klein's 1995 dissertation
at the GTU.
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the archives. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records. for permissions to
reproduce or publish, please contact the Special Collection Librarian.
Ignacio Ellacuría Collection . Graduate Theological Union
Donated by Robert Lassalle-Klein in 2002.
Biography/Administrative History
Born in Spain 1930, Ellacuría joined the Jesuits in 1947. He was sent to El Salvador where he became a naturalized citizen.
Ellacuría worked closely with the philosopher Xavier Zubiri and wrote his 1965 dissertation on Zubiri's philosophy. Ellacuría
was president of the University of Central America (Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas), chair of the philosophy
department, and editor of several publications. He was a primary proponent of liberation theology, speaking and writing on
poverty and oppression in El Salvador regularly contributing to newspapers, and radio and television programs. Ellacuría was
murdered 1989 in his home along with five priests, their housekeeper, and her daughter by a right-wing Salvadoran army squad.
Robert Lassalle-Klein is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Philosophy at Holy Names University, Oakland, CA. He
received his BA in English Literature from Santa Clara University; M.A., Philosophy, Gonzaga University; Masters of Divinity
and Licentiate in Sacred Theology, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley; Masters in Social Work, School of Social Work, California
State University at San Jose; and Ph.D, Graduate Theological Union (1995).His dissertation is "The Jesuit martyrs of the University
of Central America : an American Christian university and the historical reality of the reign of God."
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of photocopies of documents arranged by early writings, 1956-63; philosophical writings; theological
writings; political essays; works in English translation; writings on the works of Ellacuría and Zubiri; and unpublished writings
divided into early 1956-66, province retreat talks, publication of Teología política, course notes and lectures, theological
writings, and reflections on the national reality. Included in the collection but not listed on the Inventory are a series
of typescript titled short articles or talks, 1978-85. Also included is Ellacuría's 1965 dissertation. See attached PDF file
for a complete list.
Liberation theology -- El Salvador
El Salvador -- Politics and government -- 1944-1979
Christian martyrs -- El Salvador
Zubiri, Xavier
Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas
Catholic Church -- El Salvador
Jesuits -- El Salvador