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Brazilian Catholic nun and feminist philosopher

Ivone Gebara (born December 9, 1944^[1]) is a Brazilian Catholic nun, philosopher, and feminist theologian.^[2][3][4] She is notable for her writing on ecofeminism.

Biography

Ivone Gebara was born in São Paulo on December 9, 1944, to a family of Syrian-Lebanese descent. After receiving a degree in philosophy, she joined the Augustinian Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady in 1967 at the age of 22.^[5] She has two doctorates, one earned from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo in philosophy in 1975 and another from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium in religious sciences in 1998.^[1][6]

Gebara taught at the Instituto Teológico do Recife (ITER) for almost 17 years alongside founder Hélder Câmara.

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