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Dr. Robert Fastiggi
Bishop Kevin M. Britt Chair of Dogmatic Theology and Christology
Email:
Phone:
313-883-8515
Education:
A.B. (Religion), Dartmouth College, 1974;
M.A. (Theology), Fordham University, 1976;
Ph.D. (Historical Theology), Fordham University, 1987.
Bio / Information:
At SHMS 1999-
Dr. Robert Fastiggi, Bishop Kevin M. Britt Chair of Dogmatic Theology and Christology, has been at Sacred Heart Major Seminary since 1999. Prior to coming to Detroit, he taught at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas from 1985-1999. Dr. Fastiggi received an A.B. in Religion (summa cum laude) from Dartmouth College in 1974; a M.A. in Theology from Fordham University in 1976; and a Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Fordham in 1987. He has done private research in Paris and Montréal, and he took part in a study-tour of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain sponsored by the National Council for U.S.-Arab relations. During his time at Sacred Heart, Dr. Fastiggi has taught courses in Ecclesiology, Christology, Mariology, church history, sacramental theology, and moral theology. He is a member of the Society for Catholic Liturgy, the Mariological Society of America, the International Marian Association, and a corresponding member of the Pontifical Marian Academy International (P.A.M.I).
He served as the executive editor of the 2009-2013 supplements to the New Catholic Encyclopedia and the co-editor of the English translation of the 43rd edition of the Denzinger-Hünermann compendium published by Ignatius Press in 2012. He also revised and updated the translation of Ludwig Ott’s Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma for Baronius Press in 2018.
Dr. Fastiggi and his wife, Kathy, have been married since 1984 and have three adult children: Mary, Anthony and Clare.
Publications:
The Natural Theology of Yves de Paris (Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1991) ISBN 1-55540-422-7 and 1-55540-423-5 (pbk.).
The Mystical Theology of the Catholic Reformation: An Overview of Baroque Spirituality [co-author, José Pereira] (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2006) ISBN 13:978-0-7618-3513-4 and 10:0-7618-3513-X
What the Church Teaches about Sex: God’s Plan for Human Happiness (Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Press, 2009) ISBN 159276213 and 978-1592762125.
Called to Holiness and Communion: Vatican II on the Church [co-editor with Fr. Steven Boguslawski, O.P.] (Scranton, PA: University of Scranton Press, 2009) ISBN-10 1589661583; ISBN-13: 978-1589661585.
De Maria Numquam Satis: The Significance of the Catholic Doctrines on the Blessed Virgin Mary for All People [co-editor with Judith Marie Gentle] (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2009). ISBN 0-7618-4847-9/ 978-0-7618-4847-9.
New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2009 2 volumes [executive editor] (Detroit: Gale Cengage Learning in association with The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 2009). ISBN- 13: 978-1-41-447526-4 (set).
New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2010 2 volumes [executive editor] (Detroit: Gale Cengage Learning in association with The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 2010). ISBN: 13: 978-1-4144-7588-2 (set)
New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2011 2 volumes [executive editor] (Detroit: Gale Cengage Learning in association with The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-4144-7591-2 (set).
St. Paul, the Natural Law, and Contemporary Legal Theory [co-editor with Jane Adolphe and Michael Vacca] (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2012) ISBN-10: 0739168576; ISBN-13: 978-0739168578.
Denzinger-Hünermann, Enchiridion symbolorum definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum: A Compendium of Creeds, Definitions, and Declarations of the Catholic Church (43rd edition) [co-editor with Anne Englund Nash] (Ignatius Press, 2012)
New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-2013 4 volumes [executive editor] (Detroit: Gale Cengage Learning in association with The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 2013 ISBN-13: 978-1-4144-8225-5 and ISBN-10: 1-4144-8225-6.
A Companion to Francisco Suárez [co-editor with Victor Salas] (Leiden: Brill, 2015) ISBN -10: 9004281584 and ISBN - 13: 978-9004281585
The Sacrament of Reconciliation: An Anthropological and Scriptural Understanding (Chicago/Mundelein, IL: Hillenbrand Books, 2017)
Ludwig Ott. Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma [translation reviser] (London: Baronius Press, 2018)
Equality and Non-discrimination: Catholic Roots and Current Challenges [co-editor with Jane F. Adolphe and Michael A. Vacca] (Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications, 2019)
Virgin, Mother, Queen: Encountering Mary in Time and Tradition [co-author with Michael O'Neil] (Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 2019)