Thomas Sheehan (philosopher)
Thomas Sheehan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 June 1941 |
| Nationality | American |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Phenomenology Hermeneutics Existentialism |
| Main interests | Ontology · Martin Heidegger Edmund 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. He is the author of The First Coming, a controversial account of Easter.