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Merold Westphalis the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Fordham University in New York City, and Honorary Professor of Australian Catholic University.

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Merold Westphal (PhD, Yale University) is distinguished professor of philosophy at Fordham University in Bronx, New York, where he has taught for more than.

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Merold Westphal weaves a convincing historical narrative that raises important questions for contemporary philosophy of religion, especially in.

His research and writing are focused upon modern Continental philosophy with a particular emphasis on the historical development and systematic integrity of individual thinkers, their dialogue and debate with one another, and their contributions to the philosophy of religion, political philosophy, and aesthetics.

A summa cum laude graduate of Wheaton College, Westphal was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Yale University where he earned a Ph.D.

in philosophy. He began his teaching career at Wheaton, then joined the Yale philosophy faculty, became a fellow of Jonathan Edwards College, and was promoted to associate professor in 1972. He accepted an invitation to come to Fordham as Professor of Philosophy in 1987, served as the university’s director of Graduate Studies for five years, and was named Dist