Joshua Seachris

Josh came to Notre Dame in 2012, after teaching and managing interdisciplinary grant projects at Wake Forest University for a few years. From 2012-2023, he was the Program Director for Notre Dame’s Center for Philosophy of Religion, and from 2020-2025, was Executive and Managing Editor for the Journal of Analytic Theology. He works primarily in value theory, life’s meaning, and philosophy of religion.

Outside of philosophy, you’ll often find him working in his yard, creating art out of wood, and spending time with his family. He is a native Kansan, and misses the wide open spaces of the Great Plains.

Representative Publications

What Makes Life Meaningful? A Debate (debate with Thaddeus Metz) Routledge (2024).

What Is This Thing Called the Meaning of Life? (with Stewart Goetz) Routledge (2020).

“From the Meaning Triad to Meaning Holism: Unifying Life’s Meaning.” Human Affairs 29:4 (October 2019): 363-78.

“The Sub Specie Aeternitatis Perspective and Normative Evaluations of Life’s Meaningfulness: A Closer Look.” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 16:3 (June 2013): 605-20.

“Death, Futility, and the Proleptic Power of Narrative Ending.” Religious Studies 47:2 (June 2011): 141-63.