Matthew Schunke
Associate Professor
Peck Hall, Room 3232
mschunk@siue.edu/ 618-650-5363
PhD Rice University, 2009
Courses Taught
- Philosophy 234: World Religions
- Philosophy 333: Philosophy of Religion
- Philosophy 336: Christian Thought
Research Interests
Dr. Schunke specializes in the philosophy of religion, with a focus on 20th century Continental philosophy. He has published on the work of Jean-Luc Marion and also on issues related to theories and methods of religious studies. His current research focuses on the value of phenomenology to questions of happiness and significance in life.
Representative Publications
"Marion, Nihilism, and the Gifted" Epoché, Volume 24, Issue 1, Fall 2019.
"Revealing Givenness: The Problem of Non-Intuited Phenomena in Jean-Luc Marion’s Phenomenology" Studia Phaenomenologica, Volume 15, 2015.
"Reduction, Explanation, and the New Science of Religion" Sophia, Volume 54, Issue 1, April 2015
