David Burrell

{{For|the American industrialist, inventor and philanthropist|David H. Burrell}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|03|01}}

| birth_place = Akron, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|10|01|1933|03|01}}

| death_place = Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.

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| nationality = American

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| alma_mater = University of Notre Dame, Yale University, Gregorian University

| occupation = Academic, writer, and priest

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| 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).

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David Bakewell Burrell {{post-nominals|post-noms=CSC}} (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.{{cite web|title=David Burrell Profile|url=http://theology.nd.edu/people/emeritus-faculty/david-burrell-c-s-c/|website=nd.edu|publisher=University of Notre Dame|accessdate=30 November 2014}} 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. During 1960s, he was involved in Anti-Vietnam War Movement.{{cite web|title=David B. Burrell: Crucible of friendships|url=http://www.faithandleadership.com/qa/david-b-burrell-crucible-friendships|website=faithandleadership.com|date=February 2010 |publisher=Duke University|accessdate=30 November 2014}} He was also a professor at Notre Dame University Bangladesh.{{cite web |url=http://www.ndub.edu.bd/academic-council |title=Academic Council |website=Notre Dame University Bangladesh}} Burrell died in Notre Dame, Indiana on October 1, 2023, at the age of 90.{{cite web |title=Fr. David B. Burrell, CSC (1933–2023), RIP |url=https://irfankhawajaphilosopher.com/2023/10/03/fr-david-b-burrell-csc-1933-2023-rip/ |website=Policy of Truth |date=3 October 2023 |access-date=19 September 2024}}

Bibliography

=Books=

{{cite book |last=Burrell |first=David |year=1973 |title=Analogy and Philosophical Language |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-01567-6}}
{{cite book |last=Burrell |first=David |author-mask=2 |year=1974 |title=Exercises in Religious Understanding |publisher=University of Notre Dame Press |isbn=978-0-268-00548-1}}
{{cite book |last=Burrell |first=David |author-mask=2 |year=1979 |title=Aquinas: God and Action |publisher=University of Notre Dame Press |isbn=978-0-268-00588-7}}
{{cite book |last=Burrell |first=David |author-mask=2 |year=1986 |title=Knowing the Unknowable God: Ibn-Sina, Maimonides, Aquinas |publisher=University of Notre Dame Press |isbn=978-0-268-01226-7}}
{{cite book |last=Burrell |first=David |author-mask=2 |year=1993 |title=Freedom and Creation in Three Traditions |publisher=University of Notre Dame Press |isbn=978-0-268-00987-8}}
{{cite book |last=Burrell |first=David |author-mask=2 |author2=Elena Malits |year=1997 |title=Original Peace: Restoring God's Creations |publisher=Paulist |isbn=978-0-8091-3733-6}}
{{cite book |last=Burrell |first=David |author-mask=2 |year=2000 |title=Friendship and Ways to Truth |publisher=University of Notre Dame Press |isbn=978-0-268-02860-2}}
{{cite book |last=Burrell |first=David |author-mask=2 |year=2004 |title=Faith and Freedom: An Interfaith Perspective |publisher=Blackwell |isbn=978-1-4051-2170-5}}
{{cite book |last=Burrell |first=David |author-mask=2 |year=2008 |title=Deconstructing Theodicy: A Philosophical Commentary on Job |location=Grand Rapids, MI |publisher=Brazos |isbn=978-1-58743-222-4}}
{{cite book |last=Burrell |first=David |author-mask=2 |year=2009 |title=When Faith and Reason Meet: The Legacy of John Zahm CSC |location=Notre Dame, IN |publisher=Corby Publishing |isbn=978-0-9776458-9-3}}
{{cite book |last=Burrell |first=David |author-mask=2 |year=2010 |title=Learning to Trust in Freedom: Signs from Jewish, Christian and Muslim Traditions |publisher=University of Scranton Press |isbn=978-1-58966-195-0}}
{{cite book |last=Burrell |first=David |author-mask=2 |year=2011 |title=Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |isbn=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)