Gavin D'Costa
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Professor Gavin D'Costa, BA, PhD is a Professor in Christian Theology at the University of Bristol, Great Britain. He is Head of the Theology & Religious Studies Department and has lectured at Bristol since 1993.
He was born in Kenya but came to Great Britain in 1968 where he read English & Theology at the University of Birmingham under the esteemed theologian, John Hick. After graduating with first class honours he studied at the University of Cambridge before briefly teaching in London.
His research interests include systematic Theology; Theology of inter-religious dialogue & Roman Catholic modern Theology.
In 1998 he was visiting professor at Rome's Gregorian University. He has also worked on the Church of England and Roman Catholic Committee's on Other Faiths, advising these communities on theological issues. He also advises the Pontifical Council for Other Faiths, Vatican City.
[edit] Major works
- Ecclesial Theology in the University (2005).
- Sexing the Trinity. Gender, Culture and the Divine (London: SCM, 2000).
- The Meeting of Religions and the Trinity (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2000; Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2000).
- John Hick's Theology of Religions: A Critical Evaluation (Lanham/New York/London: University Press of America, 1987).
- Theology and Religious Pluralism. The Challenge of Other Religions (Oxford/New York: Basil Blackwell, 1986).
