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JOSHUA W. SEACHRIS
CURRICULUM VITAE
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
Program Director, Center for Philosophy of Religion, August 2012-
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, August 2013-
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
Consultant, Developing Character Project, March 2014 – August 2015
Grant Manager, The Character Project, September 2010 – March 2014
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, September 2010 – August 2012
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
Grant Administrator, The Templeton Research Fellows Program at
Oxford University, May 2009 – August 2010
Philosophy Instructor, August 2007 – May 2009
HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Philosophy Instructor, August 2003 – December 2003
GRANT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Pre- and post-award management for over $20 million in grants
The Experience Project (pre- and post-award) ($5.2 million)
June 2014 – June 2017 (University of Notre Dame)
Hope and Optimism Project (pre- and post-award) ($5 million)
June 2014 – June 2017 (University of Notre Dame)
The Analytic Theology Project (post-award) ($2.5 million)
August 2012 – September 2014 (University of Notre Dame)
The Character Project (post-award) ($5.3 million)
Center for Philosophy of Religion
223 Malloy Hall
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
(574) 631-5377
50778 Lincroft Ln.
Granger, IN 46530
(405) 921-8176
jseachris@nd.edu
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September 2010 – March 2014 (Wake Forest University)
The Theodicy Project (post-award) ($2.5 million)
August 2012 – January 2014 (University of Notre Dame)
Hope & Optimism Planning Grant (post-award) ($260K)
September 2012 – September 2013 (University of Notre Dame)
Templeton Research Fellows Program (post-award) ($967K)
May 2009 – August 2010 (University of Oklahoma)
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
Ph.D. in philosophy, December 2010
M.A. in philosophy, May 2006
SOUTHERN EVANGELICAL SEMINARY
M.A. in philosophy/theology, May 2002
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
B.S. in psychology, May 1998
HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Associate in Arts, May 1996
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Meaning of Life, Philosophy of Religion, Value Theory
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Early Modern Philosophy, Theology, Critical Thinking
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
What is this thing called The Meaning of Life? (co-authored with Stewart Goetz) (under
contract with Routledge).
EDITED VOLUMES
God and Meaning: New Essays (co-edited with Stewart Goetz). New York:
Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
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Exploring the Meaning of Life: An Anthology and Guide. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
“The Sub Specie Aeternitatis Perspective and Normative Evaluations of Life’s
Meaningfulness: A Closer Look.” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 16:3 (June
2013): 605-20.
Replied to by Iddo Landau, “Standards, Perspectives, and the Meaning
of Life: A Reply to Seachris.” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 17:3 (June 2014):
457-468.
“Death, Futility, and the Proleptic Power of Narrative Ending.” Religious Studies 47:2
(June 2011): 141-63.
Replied to by Brooke Alan Trisel, “Human Extinction, Narrative Ending, and
Meaning of Life.” Journal of Philosophy of Life 6:1 (April 2016): 1-22.
Reprinted in Exploring the Meaning of Life: An Anthology and Guide, Ed. Joshua
W. Seachris. Wiley-Blackwell (2012).
“The Meaning of Life as Narrative: A New Proposal for Interpreting Philosophy’s
‘Primary’ Question.” Philo 12 (Spring-Summer 2009): 5-23.
“Yan Hui’s Death as a Threat to Confucius’ Expression of Virtue: A Further Look at
the Master’s Grief.” Asian Philosophy 18:2 (July 2008): 105-22.
“Weighing Evils: The C. S. Lewis Approach.” (co-authored with Linda Zagzebski).
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 62:2 (October 2007): 81-88.
BOOK CHAPTERS
“Confucius and the Meaning of Life.” (co-authored with Richard Kim) The Meaning of
Life and the Great Philosophers. Stephen Leach and James Tartaglia, eds. London:
Routledge (forthcoming).
“The Meaning of Life and Scripture’s Redemptive-Historical Narrative: Illuminating
Convergences.” God and Meaning: New Essays. Joshua Seachris and Stewart
Goetz, eds. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
“Introduction.” (co-authored with Stewart Goetz) God and Meaning: New Essays.
Joshua Seachris and Stewart Goetz, eds. New York: Bloomsbury Academic,
2016.
“General Introduction.” Exploring the Meaning of Life: An Anthology and Guide. Oxford:
Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
“Narrative and Philosophy of Religion.” (co-authored with Kate Finley) Wiley-Blackwell
Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell (forthcoming).
“Life, Meaning of.” New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-13: Ethics and
Philosophy. Eds. Robert Fastiggi and Joseph Koterski. Farmington Hills, MI:
Gale – Cengage Learning and Catholic University of America Press, (June
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2013): 902-904.
“Meaning of Life: Contemporary Analytic Perspectives.” Internet Encyclopedia of
Philosophy. ISSN 2161-0002, (http://www.iep.utm.edu/mean-ana/), August 15,
2011.
REVIEWS
Review of Tim Mulgan, Purpose in the Universe: The Moral and Metaphysical Case for
Ananthropocentric Purposivism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Notre
Dame Philosophical Reviews (July 24, 2016) (http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/68523-
purpose-in-the-universe-the-moral-and-metaphysical-case-for-
ananthropocentric-purposivism/).
Review of Stewart Goetz, The Purpose of Life: A Theistic Perspective. London: Continuum,
2012. Faith and Philosophy 31 (April 2014): 232-236.
Review of Keith Mascord, Alvin Plantinga and Christian Apologetics (Paternoster
Theological Monographs). Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster, 2006. Scottish
Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 27 (Spring 2009): 110-12.
POPULAR WRITING
“Is Everything Sad Going to Come Untrue? The Virtue of Hope.” The Bibliotheca (Blog
of the Eighth Day Institute) (June 2015).
(http://www.eighthdayinstitute.org/is_everything_sad_going_to_come_untrue
_the_virtue_of_hope)
“Meaning and Endings: Death, Post-Mortem Survival and Meaningful Life.”
[Translated in Polish] in title Ed. Artur Szutta and Natasza Szutta. Academicon
Publishing House (April 2015). (http://filozofuj.academicon.pl/wp-
content/uploads/2015/04/fi002_v2-4.pdf).
Slightly revised version, “Meaning and Endings: Death, New Creation and
Meaningful Life.” reprinted on The Bibliotheca (Blog of the Eighth Day
Institute) (May 2015).
(http://www.eighthdayinstitute.org/meaning_and_endings_death_new_creatio
n_meaningful_life).
“A Sanctuary of Cloth and Paper Treasures.” in Timely . . . Timeless: 25 Years at Eighth
Day Books, Ed. Victoria Foth Sherry. Eighth Day Press, 2013, 47-49.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Optimism in Sociological Research and Analysis: Theories and Trajectories,”
presented at the “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Optimism and Hope”
workshop in Cape Coral, FL, January 2013.
“Death, Futility, and the Proleptic Power of Narrative Ending,” presented at the
North Texas Philosophical Association, University of North Texas, April 2010.
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“Narrative and the Meaning of Life: An Interpretive Proposal on Philosophy’s ‘Big’
Question,” presented at the Midwest Regional Meeting of the Society of
Christian Philosophers, Oklahoma Baptist University, April 2009.
“In Search of the Universe’s Narrative: Scientific Naturalism, Christian Theism, and
the Meaning of Life,” presented at the Southwest Regional Meeting of the
Evangelical Theological Society, Criswell College, March 2009.
“Weighing Evils: The C. S. Lewis Approach,” (with Linda Zagzebski), presented at the
Midwest Regional Meeting of the Society of Christian Philosophers, University
of Dubuque, March 2007.
Comments on “Ancient-Future Hermeneutics: Postmodernism, Inerrancy,
and the Rule of Faith,” by Mark J. Boone at the Donald G. Wester
Conference, Oklahoma Baptist University, March 2007.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
What is the Meaning of Life? De-Mystifying Our Ultimate Question (book manuscript near
completion)
“Why ‘Meaning’?” (article near completion)
DISSERTATION
Theism, Naturalism, and Narrative: A Linguistic and Metaphysical Proposal on the
Meaning of Life (Awarded the 2011 Provost’s Dissertation Award in the
Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma)
TEACHING
University of Notre Dame
The Meaning of Life
Introduction to Philosophy
Wake Forest University
Basic Problems of Philosophy
University of Oklahoma
Critical Thinking
Introduction to Philosophy
Modern Philosophy (teaching assistant)
Language, Communication and Knowledge (teaching assistant)
Philosophy Writing Workshop (teaching assistant)
Hutchinson Community College
Introduction to Philosophy
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AWARDS
2011 Provost’s Dissertation Award in the Humanities and Fine Arts at the University
of Oklahoma
Nominated for the 2011 Council of Graduate Schools Distinguished
Dissertation Award in the Humanities/Fine Arts
REFEREE WORK
JOURNALS
American Philosophical Quarterly, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, International Journal of
Philosophical Studies, Journal of the American Philosophical Association, The Journal of Value
Inquiry, Philosophical Papers, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy Compass, The Southern Journal of
Philosophy.
PRESSES
Routledge (x2), Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
William Louis Poteat Scholarship Interviewer, Spring 2012 (Wake Forest University)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Philosophical Association
Society of Christian Philosophers
REFERENCES
John Martin Fischer, Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of
Philosophy, University of California, Riverside, Department of Philosophy,
HMNSS Building, Room 1604, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521
(951) 827-5208
Stewart Goetz, Professor of Philosophy, Ursinus College, F.W. Olin Hall 215,
Collegeville, PA 19426 (610) 409-3322
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Christian Miller, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Zachary T. Smith Faculty
Fellow, Wake Forest University, P. O. Box 7332, Winston-Salem, NC 27109
(336) 758-3564
Samuel Newlands, William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Collegiate Associate Professor in
Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 100 Malloy Hall, Notre Dame, IN
46556 (574) 631-2866
Michael Rea, Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 100 Malloy Hall,
Notre Dame, IN 46556 (574) 631-5568
Linda Zagzebski, Kingfisher College Chair of the Philosophy of Religion and
Ethics, University of Oklahoma, 455 W. Lindsey, Room 605, Norman, OK
73019-2006 (405) 325-6324