Mark Sultana was born in Malta in 1973, and was ordained priest in 2000. He studied philosophy and theology at the University of Malta, where he also read for a Licentiate in Theology. He later gained a Licentiate and a Doctorate in Philosophy from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. A visiting student at Campion Hall, University of Oxford (2004-2005), at present, he lectures in philosophy at the University of Malta. His works include
Self-Deception and Akrasia, published by
Analecta Gregoriana, for which he received the
Premio Bellarmino 2006, and
Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar on Salvific Truth, published in the volume
Living Theology, edited by Libreria Editrice Vaticana. He is a member of the Editorial Board of
Forum Philosophicum: International Journal for Philosophy and has participated in a number of conferences and seminars both at the University of Malta and at other institutions overseas. As a philosopher and a theologian, he is very much interested in the dialogue between the two disciplines, and in pursuing research in both disciplines and in the interface between the two. Other interests include philosophical anthropology and philosophy of mind.
- Self-Deception and Akrasia: A Comparative Conceptual Analysis, Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Roma 2006.
- The 'Possible' Role of the Imagination in Philosophy and Theology, in Melita Theologica 57 (2006) 1, 3-15.
- Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar on Salvific Truth, in Living Theology, edited by Hector Scerri, Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2007, 141-184.
- Whither Governance Through Public-Private Partnerships, in Business Ethics and Religious Values in the European Union and Malta, edited by Peter G. Xuereb, Civil Society Project Report 2007, 103-115.
- Bridging the Gulf Between Wittgenstein’s Works: A Matter of Showing, in Forum Philosophicum 12 (2007) 207-225.
- A Non-Secularist Itinerary from Pre-Secular to Post-Secular Society. A Study of the Maltese Scenario (written in collaboration with Adrian Gellel, to be published in a book entitled Religion in Modern Europe, edited by Hans-Georg Ziebertz and Ulrich Riegel, and forthcoming in 2008).
- Possible Connections between Theology and Artistic Beauty – the Case of Caravaggio, forthcoming Melita Theologica 2008.
- Self-deception: A Philosophical Matter, forthcoming 2008.
- How does the Akratês intentionally do what he intended not to without changing his Mind?, forthcoming 2008.
