David Burrell Explained

David Bakewell Burrell
Birth Date:	1 March 1933
Birth Place:	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Death Place:	Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	University of Notre Dame, Yale University, Gregorian University
Occupation:	Academic, writer, and priest

Awards:	Honorary doctorate in theology from Lund University (Sweden) 2008, Aquinas medal from American Catholic Philosophical Association (2008),John Courtney Murray Award from Catholic Theological Society of America (2009).

David Bakewell Burrell (March 1, 1933 – October 1, 2023) was an American educator, theologian, writer and translator who was a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross. He was the Theodore Hesburgh Professor emeritus in Philosophy and Theology at University of Notre Dame, US.^[1] He wrote around thirteen books on Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions. He knew several languages; he translated two books of Al-Ghazali from Arabic into English. He also taught comparative theology, ethics and development at Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, Uganda; Tangaza College, Nairobi, Kenya; and Hebrew University, Jerusalem.^[1] During 1960s, he was involved in Anti-Vietnam War Movement.^[2] He was also a professor at Notre Dame University Bangladesh.^[3] Burrell died in Notre Dame, Indiana on October 1, 2023, at the age of 90.^[4]

Bibliography

Books

Book: Burrell, David . 1973 . Analogy and Philosophical Language . Yale University Press . 978-0-300-01567-6.
Book: Burrell, David . 2 . 1974 . Exercises in Religious Understanding . University of Notre Dame Press . 978-0-268-00548-1.
Book: Burrell, David . 2 . 1979 . Aquinas: God and Action . University of Notre Dame Press . 978-0-268-00588-7.
Book: Burrell, David . 2 . 1986 . Knowing the Unknowable God: Ibn-Sina, Maimonides, Aquinas . University of Notre Dame Press . 978-0-268-01226-7.
Book: Burrell, David . 2 . 1993 . Freedom and Creation in Three Traditions . University of Notre Dame Press . 978-0-268-00987-8.
Book: Burrell, David . 2 . Elena Malits . 1997 . Original Peace: Restoring God's Creations . Paulist . 978-0-8091-3733-6.
Book: Burrell, David . 2 . 2000 . Friendship and Ways to Truth . University of Notre Dame Press . 978-0-268-02860-2.
Book: Burrell, David . 2 . 2004 . Faith and Freedom: An Interfaith Perspective . Blackwell . 978-1-4051-2170-5.
Book: Burrell, David . 2 . 2008 . Deconstructing Theodicy: A Philosophical Commentary on Job . Grand Rapids, MI . Brazos . 978-1-58743-222-4.
Book: Burrell, David . 2 . 2009 . When Faith and Reason Meet: The Legacy of John Zahm CSC . Notre Dame, IN . Corby Publishing . 978-0-9776458-9-3.
Book: Burrell, David . 2 . 2010 . Learning to Trust in Freedom: Signs from Jewish, Christian and Muslim Traditions . University of Scranton Press . 978-1-58966-195-0.
Book: Burrell, David . 2 . 2011 . Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology . Wiley-Blackwell . 978-0-470-65755-3.

Translations

Al-Ghazali on the Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of God (translation from Arabic with Nazih Daher) (Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1992; Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 1998)
Al-Ghazali on Faith in Divine Unity and Trust in Divine Providence (translation of Bk. 35 of Ihya' Ulum ad-Din) (Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 2000)
Roger Arnaldez's Three Messengers for one God (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1998) – with Mary Louise Gude, C.S.C. and Gerald Schlabach
Avital Wohlman's Al-Ghazali, Averroes and the Interpretation of the Qur'an: Common Sense and Philosophy in Islam (London: Routledge, 2009) – translated from Contrepoint entre le sens commun et la philosophy en Islam: Ghazali et Averroès (Paris: Editions du Cerf, 2008)

Notes and References

Web site: David Burrell Profile. nd.edu. University of Notre Dame. 30 November 2014.
Web site: David B. Burrell: Crucible of friendships. faithandleadership.com. Duke University. 30 November 2014.
Web site: Academic Council . Notre Dame University Bangladesh.
Web site: Fr. David B. Burrell, CSC (1933–2023), RIP . Policy of Truth . 19 September 2024.