Westar Institute

Institutional Affiliation
Charter Member

Thomas Sheehan

Institutional Affiliation

Professor, Department of Religious Studies

Stanford University, California

Credentials

Ph.D., Fordham University M.A., Fordham University B.A., St. Patrick’s College

Biography

Thomas Sheehan is Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University and the author of The First Coming. His academic specialties are in phenomenology, philosophy of religion, and classical metaphysics. His interests in biblical history and exegesis include first-century Christianity and early Jewish and Christian apocalyptic.http://religiousstudies.stanford.edu/people/tom-sheehan/publications/

• Ford Foundation Fellow, 1983–1985• American Academy in Rome, Resident Scholar, 1983• National Endowment for the Humanities, 1980• Fritz Thyssen Foundation, 1979–1980• Director, Collegium Phenomenologicum, Perugia, Italy, 1978• Mellon Foundation Grant, 1975

Academic Appointments

• Stanford University, 1999–• Loyola University of Chicago, 1972 –1999

Professional Service