Description:
Freedom and Creation in Three Traditions is a work of philosophical theology that brings together Jewish, Christian, and Muslim perspectives on the complex questions surrounding divine and human freedom.
Brief description:
David B. Burrell, C.S.C., was Theodore Hesburgh Emeritus Professor in Philosophy and Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Knowing the Unknowable God: Ibn-Sina, Maimonides, Aquinas (Notre Dame Press, 1986) and Freedom and Creation in Three Traditions (Notre Dame Press, 1993). He was director of the University's Jerusalem program, housed at the Tantur Ecumenical Institute, until 2004.
Review Quotes:
Burrell's book is a powerful illustration of the philosophical and theological promise of overcoming these inhibititng features of work in philosophical theology." --Religious Studies