Edward F. Mooney
Professor of Religion and Philosophy
Research and Teaching Interests
Professor Mooney teaches courses in the Religion and Philosophy Departments, relying on authors as diverse as Kierkegaard, Cavell, Nussbaum, Lao Tzu, Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, Heidegger, Thoreau, and Iris Murdoch. His writings include On Søren Kierkegaard: Dialogue, Polemics, Lost Intimacy and Time (2007), and two other books on Kierkegaard, a figure who defines for him the vital intersection of religion, philosophy, and literature. Lost Intimacy in American Thought: Recovering Personal Philosophy from Thoreau to Cavell evokes the intersection of the poetic, the religious, and the philosophical in American writers; it came out in October 2009. Postcards Dropped in Flight is a set of lyrical meditations on birds, water, and the soul. He has inherited the philosophical papers of the Thoreauvian philosopher Henry Bugbee, and edited a collection of essays on his thought. He has published a bit over 75 chapters, articles, and reviews on a variety of topics including ethics, love, faith, prayer, objectivity, and feminism. He enjoys teaching undergraduates and enjoys working with graduates on their theses and dissertations.
Dr. Mooney's recent (July 14, 2012) interview on philosophy, literature and religion in The Vitalist provides an introduction to his work.
Courses
Education
- Ph.D., Philosophy, UC, Santa Barbara (1968); B.A., Philosophy, Oberlin College (1962)
Career
- Professor, Departments of Religion and Philosophy, Syracuse University, 2002-present; Professor of Philosophy, Sonoma State University, 1975-2002
Books
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Lost Intimacy in American Thought: Recovering Personal Philosophy from Thoreau to Cavell
Continuum Books, 2009.
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Kierkegaard's Repetition and Philosophical Crumbs
Editor and Introduction, Oxford World Classis, 2009.
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On Soren Kierkegaard: Polemics, Dialogue, Lost Intimacy and Time
Ashgate, 2007.
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Ethics, Love, and Faith in Kierkegaard: A Philosophical Engagement
Editor, Indiana University Press, 2008.
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Postcards Dropped in Flight
Codhill Press, 2006.
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Wilderness and the Heart: Henry Bugbee's Philosophy of Place, Presence, and Memory
Editor. Foreword by Alasdair MacIntyre, U of Georgia Press, 1999.
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Selves in Discord and Resolve: Kierkegaard's Moral-Religious Psychology from Either/Or to Sickness Unto Death
Routledge, 1996.
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Knights of Faith and Resignation: Reading Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling
State University of New York Press, 1991.
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Recent Papers
Numbers 1-17 are for The Utrecht Seminar, Kierkegaard Summer Fellows, St. Olaf, July ’10:
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