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ignacio ellacuría 16 november 1989 san salvador , el salvador 20th-century philosophy portugalete , spain xavier zubiri #b 0c4de `` proseguir '' november 9 , 1930 ignacio ellacuría
 ignacio ellacuría
ignacio ellacuría

ignacio ellacuría , s.j. -lrb- portugalete , biscay , spain , november 9 , 1930 -- san salvador , november 16 , 1989 -rrb- was a jesuit priest , philosopher , and theologian who did important work as a professor and rector at the universidad centroamericana `` josé simeón cañas '' -lrb- uca -rrb- , a jesuit university in el salvador founded in 1965 .
ignacio ellacuría was a close friend and colleague of the scholars ignacio martín-baró and segundo montes , all of whom were assassinated with ellacuría by the salvadoran army , along with three colleagues and two employees -lrb- see the murdered scholars of uca -rrb- .
his work was defining for the shape uca took in its first years of existence and the years to come .
ellacuría was also responsible for the development of formation programs for priests in the jesuit central american province .
ellacuría 's academic work was an important contribution to `` liberation philosophy '' .
this school of philosophy stems from the work of augusto salazar bondy -lrb- 1925 -- 1974 -rrb- and leopoldo zea -lrb- 1912 -- 2004 -rrb- .
it focuses on liberating the oppressed in order `` to reach the fullness of humanity '' .
ellacuría was also a strong supporter and contributor to liberation theology .
the political implications of ellacuría 's commitment to his ideas met strong opposition from the conservative religious and political forces in el salvador .
this opposition led to ellacuría 's murder by the salvadoran army in 1989 at his residence in uca along with five other fellow jesuit priests and two employees .
their murder marked a turning point in the salvadoran civil war -lrb- see history of el salvador -rrb- .
on the one hand , it increased international pressures on the salvadoran government to sign peace agreements with the guerrilla organisation fmln .
on the other , it helped make ellacuría 's ideas -lrb- until then known only in latin america and spain -rrb- become known worldwide .
according to cerutti -lrb- 2006 -rrb- there are different types of latin american liberation philosophy .
ellacuría 's thought represents one of the currents within this philosophical tradition .
ellacuría joined the jesuits in 1947 and was commissioned to the central american republic of el salvador in 1948 .
he lived and worked there until his bloody assassination in 1989 , although he also lived and studied in ecuador , austria and spain , for some periods of his life .
