Paul O’Callaghan
Biographic Data
| ID | 8764320 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul O’Callaghan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Callaghan |
| SIGNATURE | O’CALLAGHAN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pontifical University of the Holy Cross |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5218-2756 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Immortality of the Soul According to Thomas Aquinas
This article systematically examines the question of the human soul’s immortality—or incorruptibility—in the writings of Thomas Aquinas. The study traces Aquinas’s three-stage argumentation across his academic career, distinguishing his approach from those of Plato, Aristotle, and later thinkers. The first stage highlights the immateriality of human intellection, deduced empirically from the soul’s capacity to know all corporeal forms and to abst…
Is the Christian believer conservative or liberal
The study attempts to clarify whether the label ‘conservative’ describes the identity of a Christian believer more accurately than that of ‘liberal’. After sketching the anthropological dynamic of the conservative and liberal tempers, the author proposes that both elements are to be found in true Christian identity, though each and every Christian needs to integrate them, overcoming the sinfulness that blocks this integration: the Christian recei…
La metafísica de la esperanza y del deseo en Gabriel Marcel
La esperanza no [pertenece] a la agresividad ni de la certidumbre ni de la duda, en cuanto que la una como la otra hunden sus raíces en los recursos del propio yo, del "moi obturateur". La esperanza, al contrario, es una afirmación (intrépida, infantil), o una "assurance prophetique", que saca sus fuerzas de la comunión interpersonal. "Afirmación" es el término que emplea Marcel preferentemente para referirse al mundo del ser, del misterio, o —co…
Cultural challenges to faith
The primary challenge modern culture offers Christian faith is that the former is itself the fruit of a historico-cultural process deeply influenced by Christian faith. In many ways modern culture is an elevated, sophisticated one, containing a great variety of precious anthropological insights and strengths, with a surprising adaptability and openness to absorb, to clarify and to unite. However in the present moment it comes across, in many case…
Children of God in the World
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Children of God in the World
Cultural challenges to faith
The primary challenge modern culture offers Christian faith is that the former is itself the fruit of a historico-cultural process deeply influenced by Christian faith. In many ways modern culture is an elevated, sophisticated one, containing a great variety of precious anthropological insights and strengths, with a surprising adaptability and openness to absorb, to clarify and to unite. However in the present moment it comes across, in many case…
La metafísica de la esperanza y del deseo en Gabriel Marcel
La esperanza no [pertenece] a la agresividad ni de la certidumbre ni de la duda, en cuanto que la una como la otra hunden sus raíces en los recursos del propio yo, del "moi obturateur". La esperanza, al contrario, es una afirmación (intrépida, infantil), o una "assurance prophetique", que saca sus fuerzas de la comunión interpersonal. "Afirmación" es el término que emplea Marcel preferentemente para referirse al mundo del ser, del misterio, o —co…
Is the Christian believer conservative or liberal
The study attempts to clarify whether the label ‘conservative’ describes the identity of a Christian believer more accurately than that of ‘liberal’. After sketching the anthropological dynamic of the conservative and liberal tempers, the author proposes that both elements are to be found in true Christian identity, though each and every Christian needs to integrate them, overcoming the sinfulness that blocks this integration: the Christian recei…
The Immortality of the Soul According to Thomas Aquinas
This article systematically examines the question of the human soul’s immortality—or incorruptibility—in the writings of Thomas Aquinas. The study traces Aquinas’s three-stage argumentation across his academic career, distinguishing his approach from those of Plato, Aristotle, and later thinkers. The first stage highlights the immateriality of human intellection, deduced empirically from the soul’s capacity to know all corporeal forms and to abst…
Philosophy (3 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (3 works) · Political science (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · act of being (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 work) · Christian Theology and Mission (1 work) · Christianity (1 work)