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Atheism and Alienation: A Study of the Philosophical Sources of Contemporary Atheism . Dublin & London: Gill and Macmillan. 1971 via Internet Archive.
  • The Sense of Creation - Experience and the God Beyond (Ashgate 2008, ISBN   978-0-7546-6426-0). [6]
  • With Seamus Heaney: Articulations: poetry, philosophy, and the shaping of culture (Royal Irish Academy, 2008)
  • Approaching God: Between Phenomenology and Theology (Bloomsbury 2013, ISBN   9781623563080).
  • Quality Time at St Chinian (Liberties Press, 2017) [7]
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    Patrick Masterson

    Born(1936-10-19)19 October 1936
    Dublin, Ireland
    NationalityIrish
    Alma mater University College Dublin; University of Leuven (Ph.D.)
    Occupation(s)educator
    4th President of the European University Institute
    In office
    1994–2001
    Academic offices
    Preceded by
    Thomas Murphy
    President of the University College Dublin
    1986–1993
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by President of the European University Institute
    1994–2002
    Succeeded by
    Yves Mény