Dr. Sweetman is a native of Dublin, Ireland. He is Professor of Philosophy at Rockhurst, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1992.

His most recent book is Why Politics Needs Religion: The Place of Religious Arguments in the Public Square (InterVarsity Press, 2006). He is also author of Religion: Key Concepts in Philosophy (Continuum Press, forthcoming 2007). Dr Sweetman has also co-authored or co-edited several other books, including (with Curtis Hancock) Truth and Religious Belief (M.E. Sharpe, 1998), and (with Douglas Geivett) Contemporary Perspectives on Religious Epistemology (Oxford University Press, 1992).

Dr Sweetman is the current President of the Gabriel Marcel Society, and is a founding member of the Kansas City Religion and Science Dialogue Project. He is a frequent speaker at professional meetings, and many other venues, on topics relating to his research interests.

Outside of philosophy, Dr Sweetman has wide ranging interests, including playing with his children, soccer, current affairs and politics, travel, reading (biography, politics, history, literature, sports), electricity and electronics, and home improvement projects. He is married to Margaret Sweetman, and they have three boys.

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