Nolan, Albert: - "Albert Nolan OP (2 September 1934 - 17 October 2022) was a South African Catholic priest, theologian writer and member of the Dominican Order. He is well known for his book, Jesus Before Christianity, first published in 1976. It has sold more than 150,000 copies and was translated into over 10 different languages. Nolan published his second major work, God in South Africa in 1988. At one point during the writing process he 'went underground' to hide from the South African Security Forces during the State of Emergency. In 2006, Nolan published his Jesus Today: A Spirituality of Radical Freedom. In 1990 Albert Nolan received an honorary doctorate from Regis College, Toronto, Canada while in 2003 the South African government awarded him the Order of Luthuli in silver, in recognition of 'his life-long dedication to the struggle for democracy, human rights and justice and for challenging the religious dogma including theological justification of apartheid'. On 15 November 2008, the Master of the Dominican Order, Fr Carlos Azpiroz Costa OP promoted Nolan to a Master of Sacred Theology in recognition of the significant contribution he had made to theological research and debate."