- TE3637
- Baccalaureate, Diploma
- Ecumenical
- Semester II
- Gavin
- D'Costa
- Professore Incaricato
- Section: Ecumenical
Academic degrees earned
B.A. University of Birmingham
Ph.D. University of Cambridge
Courses at the Angelicum
Brief biography
Gavin D’Costa was born in Kenya and his parents are from India. His interests are in theology of religions and specifically the Catholic theology of Jews and Muslims. His two most recent publications are: Vatican II. Catholic Doctrines on Jews and Muslims, (Oxford University Press, 2014) and Catholic Doctrines on the Jewish People after Vatican II (OUP, 2019). Gavin has also published a book of poetry (Making Nothing Happen) with a group of Christian poets. He has had two poems set to music by the English composer John Pickard – and both have been made into CDs. His academic work has been translated into seven languages.
Areas of Academic Specialization and Interest
Theology of religions
Jewish – Catholic relations
Muslim – Catholic relations
Associations and Memberships
2020: Editorial board: Journal of Interreligious Dialogue, Pune, India
Journal of Intercultural Theology, Amsterdam
2020: Founding member of Society of Post-Supersessionist Theology
2021: Editorial Board of series: Judaism and Catholic Theology, Catholic University Press of America
2015: Co-Editor of Series: Religion and the University, Continuum Press
Current research/writing projects
Monograph on doctrinal questions in Jewish – Catholic dialogue
Select Publications
Theology in the Public Square: Church, University, and Nation, Blackwell, Oxford, 2005, 264pp
Christianity and the World Religions. Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions, Blackwell, Oxford, 2009, 233pp
Co-authored with Paul Knitter and Daniel Strange, Only One Way? Three Christian Responses on the Uniqueness of Christ in a Religiously Plural World, SCM, London, 2011, (pp. 3-46, 139-152, 185-98)
Making Nothing Happen. Five Poets Explore Faith and Spirituality, Ashgate, Farnham, 2014, 215pp (with Eleanor Nesbitt, Mark Pryce, Ruth Shelton and Nicola Slee)
Vatican II. Catholic Doctrines on Jews and Muslims, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014, 252pp
Catholic Doctrines on the Jewish People After Vatican II, Oxford University Press, Oxford/New York, 2019, 224pp
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