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American philosopher

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Thomas Sheehan
Born (1941-06-25) 25 June 1941 (age 84)
Nationality American
Philosophical work
Era 20th-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School PhenomenologyHermeneuticsExistentialism
Main interests Ontology · Martin HeideggerEdmund Husserl · first-century Christianity · early Jewish and Christian apocalyptic
Notable ideas The First Coming

Thomas Sheehan (born 25 June 1941) is an American philosopher who is professor emeritus at the department of religious studies, Stanford University as well as professor emeritus at the department of philosophy, Loyola University Chicago. He is known for his books on Heidegger and Roman Catholicism. His philosophical specialties are in philosophy of religion, twentieth-century European philosophy, and classical metaphysics.[1][2][3] He is the author of The First Coming, a controversial account of Easter.

  1. ^ About Thomas Sheehan
  2. ^ The Gospel According to Thomas Sheehan
  3. ^ Sheehan's CV