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Jonathan Alves Ferreira de Sousa
Jonathan Alves Ferreira de Sousa
Ph.D. in Philosophy · Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Philosophy · Theology · Teaching
Rio de Janeiro, RJ — Brazil
Ethics Epistemology Philosophy of Religion Luther & Spinoza Early Modern Philosophy
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Academic Positions
2026–present Professor of Philosophy current
C.E. Professor Joel de Oliveira · SEEDUC-RJ · Rio de Janeiro
2024–2025 Professor of Philosophy
Colégio Pedro II · Rio de Janeiro
2022 Professor of Philosophy (Volunteer)
Instituto Ação Social · Rio de Janeiro
2021–2022 Content Professor of Theology
Faculdade Católica Paulista · Marília – São Paulo
2018–present Professor of Philosophy and Theology current
Biblical Institute of the Assemblies of God · Rio de Janeiro
Degrees
2025 Ph.D. (Philosophy)
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro · with research stay at Northwestern University, USA
2023 Graduate Certificate (Applied Human Sciences and the World of Work)
Federal University of Piauí
2022 B.A. (Philosophy)
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
2019 M.A. (Philosophy)
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
2011 Graduate Certificate (Modern and Contemporary Philosophy)
College of Saint Benedict · Rio de Janeiro
2010 B.A. (Theology)
College of the Assemblies of God · Rio de Janeiro
Scholarships
2023–2024 Ph.D. Scholarship — Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
2022–2023 Ph.D. Scholarship — National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
2017–2019 M.A. Scholarship — Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
Additional Studies
2022 Certificate in Training in Educational Technologies, Pedagogical Learning and Innovation — Federal University of Ceará
2022 Certificate in Christian Philosophers — College of Saint Basílio Magno, PR
2021 Certificate in Pentecostalism and Theology in Reformation — College of the Assemblies of God, Rio de Janeiro
2021 Certificate in Descartes n'a pas dit — State University of West of Paraná
2020 Certificate in Introduction to Spinoza's Ethics — Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Publications
ALVES FERREIRA DE SOUSA, J. Entre bruxas e cruzes ou sobre como Lutero lidou com a "prostituta grega". Numen, v. 28, n. 2, p. 273–294, 2025. DOI: 10.34019/2236-6296.2025.v28.45885
__________. Eternidade da mente e "o remédio das paixões" na Ética de Spinoza. Revista Seiscentos, Rio de Janeiro, n° 4, 2024, f50142.
__________. A Filosofia de Lutero: Estruturando a Base do Pensamento Moderno. In: Panorama da Filosofia da Religião no Brasil, São Paulo, 2022. Summary published in proceedings of conferences.
__________. Mudando o Jogo: A Relação da Mente Consigo Mesma como Chave para a Beatitude. ANALÓGOS, v. 19, p. 378–399, 2019. DOI: 10.17771/PUCRio.ANA.38200
__________. Liberdade e Responsabilidade Moral em Spinoza. In: Caderno de Resumos, Niterói, 2017. Summary published in proceedings of conferences.

Full list available at Lattes and ORCID.

Lectures
2024
Philosophy and Reform in the Sixteenth Century: Contemporary Readings — Congress on Gender, Theology and Politics in Modern Philosophy, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
2022
Luther's Philosophy: Structuring the Basis of Modern Thought — Congress of the Brazilian Association of Philosophy of Religion, Federal University of São Paulo
2021
Luther between realists and nominalists — Workshop on Philosophy of Religion, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
2018
The mind-mind relationship in part V of Ethics — XVII Congress of the National Association of Graduate Studies in Philosophy
2018
Temporal Language in the Timeless Discourse of Part V of Spinoza's Ethics — Congress of Philosophy, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
2017
Changing the Game: The Mind's Relationship to Itself as a Key to Beatitude in Spinoza — Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
2017
Freedom and Moral Responsibility in Spinoza — Federal Fluminense University
Other Technical Production
2021 Mereology — Podcast interview with Rhamon Nunes
2021 Philosophy of Mind — Podcast interview with Roberto Horácio
2021 Podcast Edition — Graduate Program in Logic and Metaphysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro