Glenn Siniscalchi, PhD

Assistant Professor

Office

Lawrence Hall

Office 335
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PHONE

(610) 527-0200 X2323

EMAIL

[email protected]

Education & Licensure

PhD, Systematic Theology, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
MA, Theology, Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology, Wickliffe, OH, 2007
BA, Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 1999

Biography

Glenn B Siniscalchi, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Rosemont College. He graduated from West Virginia University with a BA in psychology and an MA in theology from Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology. He also earned a doctorate in systematic theology from Duquesne University. His scholarly interests are dedicated to the development of several key themes in fundamental theology, including Saint Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of the natural knowledge of God, the origins of belief in the resurrection of Jesus, and interreligious dialogue. He is also interested in the feasibility of apokatastasis within Christianity and the relationship between psychology, spirituality, and religion.

His work has been published in academic journals such as Irish Theological Quarterly, Theology and Science, New Blackfriars, Pacifica: Australasian Theological Studies, Heythrop Journal, and the Journal of Ecumenical Studies. Siniscalchi has also written dozens of book reviews and is the author of Retrieving Apologetics (2016, Pickwick). His monograph concentrates on the apologetic dimensions of fundamental theology in light of the Second Vatican Council.

Siniscalchi joined the Rosemont community in the Fall of 2024. He also serves as a Core Coordinator for the Theology and Religious Studies Department.

Courses Taught

RE 102: “Humanity’s Search for Meaning”
RE 105: “Understanding Sacred Texts”
RE 124: “World Religions”
RE 322: “Theology and Creation”
RE 451-HNR: “US Politics and Religion”
TH 201: “The Catholic Intellectual Tradition”
TH 210: “The Meaning of Christ”
TH 215-HNR: “The Church in the Modern World”
TH 233-HNR: “The Catholic Social Justice Tradition”

Selected Publications

“Does Christianity Cause Violence?: The New Atheism and Negative Apologetics,” Heythrop Journal, 61 (July 2020): 607-619.
“Contemporary Trends in Atheist Criticism of Thomistic Natural Theology,” Heythrop Journal, 59 (July 2018): 689-706.
“Pope Francis and Christian Credibility”, in John Cavandini and Donald Wallenfang, eds, Global Perspectives on the New Evangelization: Vol. 1: Pope Francis and the Event of Encounter (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2018): 129-145.

Selected Book Reviews

“The Final Triumph of God: Jesus, the Eyewitnesses, and the Resurrection of the Body in 1 Corinthians 15,” by James P. Ware, (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2025), The Journal of Theological Studies, 75, (October 2025): forthcoming.
“Freud and Religion: Advancing the Dialogue,” by William B. Parsons, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021), The Journal of Theological Studies, 74 (October 2024): 540-541.
“Nature and Nature’s God: A Philosophical and Scientific Defense of Aquinas’s Unmoved Mover Argument,” by Daniel Shields, (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2023), The Journal of Theological Studies, 75 (October 2024): 522-523.

Selected Presentations

“Catholic Universities and Fundamental Theology: Contributions from Michael Buckley and Ex Corde Ecclesiae,” at the 15th International Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology Conference: “Catholicity, Theology, and the University: Conjectures in a Complex World,” at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, October 22-25, 2025.
“Catholic Higher Education, Gravissimum Educationis, and the New Evangelization”, at the 10th International Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology Conference: “The Letter and the Spirit: On the Forgotten Documents of Vatican II,” at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, October 26-29, 2015.
“Thomas Aquinas, Natural Evil, and ‘Outside the Church, No Salvation’”, at the U.S. Meeting of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy: “Thomas Aquinas: Teacher of Humanity”. Conference held at the University of Saint Thomas, Houston, TX, October 18-19, 2013.

Selected Awards

Recipient of Rosemont College’s Founders’ Day award titled “Community Spirit Spotlight Award” (April 10, 2025).
Grant recipient to attend, “Teaching Undergraduate Theology: Connecting the Disconnects.” Academic Conference hosted by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Committee on Doctrine, and the Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, Washington DC, September 13-14, 2018.
McNulty Graduate School of Liberal Arts Tuition Scholarship, Duquesne University, 2008-2012.