David Burrell
David Bakewell Burrell | |
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| Born | March 1, 1933 Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | October 1, 2023 (aged 90) Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame, Yale University, Gregorian University |
| Occupation(s) | 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 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. 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. He was also a professor at Notre Dame University Bangladesh. Burrell died in Notre Dame, Indiana on October 1, 2023, at the age of 90.