Michael Rea

Professor

Department: Philosophy

Area of Specialization:

metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and analytic theology

Michael Rea is Rev. John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Philosophy of Religion.  He has taught at the University of Notre Dame since 2001. His research focuses primarily on  topics in metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and analytic theology. He has has written or edited more than ten books and forty articles, and has given numerous lectures in the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Russia, China, and Iran, including the 2017 Gifford Lectures at the University of St. Andrews.