Bio
Dr. Manchester joined the faculty of Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Fall 2014. He teaches in the College Division, primarily in the Pre Theology and the MA in philosophical Studies program, along with a course for the Permanent Diaconate Program for the School of Theological Studies. His courses include electives on free will, the philosophy of family, and philosophical assessment of miracles, as well as courses in epistemology, logic, modern philosophy, and ethics. He has taught at two other Catholic colleges, including 10 years at Caldwell College (now University) in New Jersey, serving as chairperson of the department of theology and philosophy for three years. His training is broadly in the history of philosophy, with specialization in early modern philosophy, as well as ethics and political philosophy. Dr. Manchester has served as a board member for the Faculty for Life, a pro life academic society, president of the Wesleyan Philosophical Society, along with involvement in several other Catholic and generally Christian societies. He is the author of an article on Pro Life Principles in the Supplement to the Encyclopedia of Catholic Philosophy (2013), and is the author of several essays in articles on the thought of Jacques Maritain, St. Thomas Aquinas, John Wesley, and various early modern thinkers, particularly in respect to the thought of John Locke. He is an adult convert to the Catholic faith, beginning in 2001, and has lived in the Philadelphia area for 21 years with his wife, Paula.
