David B. Burrell (1933–2023)

Author of Deconstructing Theodicy: Why Job Has Nothing to Say to the Puzzle of Suffering

About the Author

David B. Burrell, CSC is the Theodore Hesburgh Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Theology at the University of Notre Dame. In addition to authoring more than one hundred fifty scholarly articles, his many books include Analogy and Philosophical Language (1973), a translation of al-Ghazali's show more Faith in Divine Unity and Trust in Divine Providence (2000) as well as Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology (2011). He presently serves the Congregation of Holy Cross in Bangladesh. show less

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Works by David B. Burrell

Knowing the Unknowable God: Ibn-Sina, Maimonides, Aquinas (1986) 65 copies

Aquinas: God and Action (1979) 50 copies

Postliberal Theology and the Church Catholic: Conversations with George Lindbeck, David Burrell, and Stanley Hauerwas (2012) — Interviewee — 35 copies

Freedom and Creation in Three Traditions (1993) 32 copies

Friendship and Ways to Truth (2000) 32 copies

Creation and the God of Abraham (2010) 25 copies

Faith and Freedom: An Interfaith Perspective (2004) 25 copies

Original Peace: Restoring God's Creation (1997) 23 copies

Exercises in Religious Understanding (1975) 20 copies

Voices from Jerusalem: Jews and Christians Reflect on the Holy Land (Studies in Judaism and Christianity) (1991) 20 copies

Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology (2011) 17 copies

Analogy and philosophical language (1973) 9 copies

God and Creation: An Ecumenical Symposium (1990) 6 copies

Evangelization in the American context (1976) 3 copies

Questing for Understanding: Persons, Places, Passions (2012) 3 copies

Freedom and creation in the Abrahamic traditions 1 copy

Verbum, Word and Idea in Aquinas 1 copy

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The Cambridge Companion to Aquinas (1993) — Contributor — 278 copies, 1 review

The Cambridge Companion to Jesus (2001) — Contributor — 197 copies, 1 review

Why Narrative? Readings in Narrative Theology (1989) — Contributor — 165 copies

Al-Ghazali on the Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God (Ghazali series) (1992) — Translator, some editions — 81 copies, 1 review

A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages (2003) — Contributor — 73 copies, 1 review

The Oxford Handbook of Aquinas (2012) — Contributor — 64 copies, 1 review

The Cambridge Companion to the Trinity (2011) — Contributor — 63 copies

The Cambridge Companion to John Henry Newman (2009) — Contributor — 54 copies

The Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology (2004) — Contributor — 53 copies

Contemplating Aquinas: On the Varieties of Interpretation (ND Faith in Reason) (2003) — Contributor — 32 copies

Aquinas on Doctrine: A Critical Introduction (2004) — Contributor — 31 copies

The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism (2007) — Contributor — 31 copies

Faith in Divine Unity and Trust in Divine Providence: The Revival of the Religious Sciences Book XXXV (The Revival of the Religious Sciences, Book 35) (2001) — Translator, some editions — 30 copies, 1 review

Grammar and Grace: Reformulations of Aquinas and Wittgenstein (2004) — Contributor — 28 copies

The Roots of ritual (1973) — Contributor — 28 copies

Rationality and Religious Belief (1979) — Contributor — 25 copies

Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought (Studies in Neoplatonism) (1992) — Contributor — 20 copies

The Reflective Heart: Discovering Spiritual Intelligence in Ibn 'Arabi's 'Meccan Illuminations' (2005) — Foreword, some editions — 14 copies, 1 review

Language, Meaning and God: Essays in Honour of Herbert McCabe (1987) — Contributor — 12 copies

Teaching the Tradition: Catholic Themes in Academic Disciplines (2012) — Contributor — 12 copies

God, Grace and Creation: College Theology Society Annual Volume (the Annual Publication of the College Theology Society; 2009) (2010) — Contributor — 12 copies

Avicenna and his Legacy: A Golden Age of Science and Philosophy (Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages) (2009) — Contributor — 5 copies

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