Dr. Robert Fastiggi, Professor of Systematic Theology, 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. In addition, 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 a wide variety of courses, including, Ecclesiology, Christian Anthropology, Mariology, Trinity and Christology and the Sacramental Life of the Church. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Society of Catholic Social Scientists, The Mariological Society of America and the Society for Catholic Liturgy." He has published and edited several books as well as numerous articles and book reviews, including the New Catholic Encyclopedia 2009 Supplement (executive editor) (Farmington Hills, MI and Washington, D.C.: Gale Cengage and the Catholic University of America Press, 20009). ISBN-10: 1414475268; ISBN-13: 978-1414475264. Dr. Fastiggi presently serves as the executive editor of the yearly supplements to the New Catholic Encyclopedia.

 

Dr. Fastiggi was born in Montclair, New Jersey and now resides in Michigan with his wife, Kathleen, and their three children: Mary, Anthony and Clare.