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DR GAVIN D’COSTA
Dr Gavin D'Costa, gavin.dcosta@bristol.ac.uk is Reader and Head of Department, Theology and Religious Studies, University of Bristol
(http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/THRS/dcostapage.html)
 
Dr D’Costa is a consultant to the:
 Church of England
Catholic Bishop’s Conference
Vatican (Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue) on issues regarding other religions.
Place of birth:
Nairobi, Kenya
Names of wife and children :
Beryl Mary (wife), Sachin Jaziz and Roshan Lucy (children).
Parents:
Francis Bernard and Lucy Mary Elizabeth D'Costa (nee Vas)
Name of sibling:
Audrey Ann D'Costa
Hobbies:
Walking, holidaying, writing poetry (completed one unpublished novel).
Goa affiliations:
Orlim, Salcete (Maternal) and Verem (Bardez) Paternal Last visit to Goa in 1998.
Educational institutions attended :

Birmingham University (BA); Cambridge University (PhD)
Bedford Modern School (Grammar)
Goldington Junior School (Bedford)
Dr. Riberio Goan School in Nairobi. (until the age of 9)
Appointments:
Currently Reader and Head of Department, Theology and Religious Studies, University of Bristol
Previously: McCarthy Visiting Professor at Gregorian University Rome (1998)
For a comprehensive listing of Dr Gavin D’Costa’s works see http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/THRS/dcostapage.html
Published Books:
Orbis Books, Maryknoll, New York, 2000; T & T Clark, Edinburgh, 2000. ( currently being translated into Japanese)
SCM, London, 2000
Other published books:
  • Theology and Religious Pluralism. The Challenge of Other Religions, Basil Blackwell, Oxford/New York, 1986
  • John Hick's Theology of Religions. A Critical Evaluation, University Press of America, Lanham/New York/London, 1987
  • The Virtue of Theology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004
Edited works:
Orbis Books, New York, 1990
Translation: Italian, with introduction by Carlo Molari, Cittadella Editrice, Assisi, 1994
Translation: Japanese, Kyo Bun Kwan, Tokyo, 1997
Translation: German, Verlag Otto Lembeck, Frankfurt am Main, 1998
Translation: Spanish, Desclée De Brower, Bilbao, Spain, 2000
Oneworld Books, Oxford, 1996
Other Edited Works:
  • Faith Meets Faith, British & Foreign Schools Society, London, 1988
  • Religion in Europe: Contemporary Perspectives, co-editor with Sean Gill & Ursula King, Kok Pharos, Netherlands, 1994
For a comprehensive listing of Dr Gavin D’Costa’s works see
http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/THRS/dcostapage.html
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