Adolf Holl is an Austria

Austria

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n Catholic

Catholic

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 writer and theologian of international reputation. He lives in Vienna

Vienna

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, where he was Chaplain of the University of Vienna

University of Vienna

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 and a lecturer in its Department of Catholic

Catholic

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 Theology

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. Because of conflicts with Church authorities, he was suspended from his teaching and priestly duties. He has written many books, including Jesus in Bad Company and The Last Christian: A Biography of Francis of Assisi.

Holl has doctorates in philosophy and theology from the University of Vienna. Ordained a Catholic priest in 1954, he served as a parish priest and professor of theology until 1973, when longstanding controversies with church officials led to his dismissal from university and parish posts.

Works by Adolf Holl that have been translated into English

• Jesus in Bad Company, 1971.
• Death and the Devil, 1973.
• The Last Christian: A Biography of Francis of Assisi
  Francis of Assisi
  Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis. St...
  
  , 1979.
• The Left Hand of God: A Biography of the Holy Spirit, Doubleday, 1998. ISBN 978-0-385-49284-3