David Bakewell Burrell (March 1, 1933 – October 1, 2023) was an American educator, theologian, writer and translator who was a priest of the

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. He was the Theodore Hesburgh Professor emeritus in Philosophy and Theology at

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, US. He wrote around thirteen books on Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions. He knew several languages; he translated two books of

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from

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into English. He also taught comparative theology, ethics and development at Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, Uganda; Tangaza College,

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; and

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. During 1960s, he was involved in Anti-Vietnam War Movement. He was also a professor at

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. Burrell died in

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on October 1, 2023, at the age of 90.

Bibliography

Books

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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)

References

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