SCOTT HAHN
Scott Walker Hahn (born October 28, 1957) is an American Catholic theologian and Christian apologist. A former Presbyterian minister who converted to Catholicism. Hahn received his B.A. degree magna cum laude in 1979 from Grove City College in Pennsylvania with a triple major of theology, philosophy and economics. He obtained his M.Div. degree summa cum laude from Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary in 1982. In May 1995, he was awarded a Ph.D. degree in systematic theology from Marquette University (Phi Beta Kappa). Hahn is known for his research on Early Christianity during the Apostolic Age and various theoretical works concerning the early Church Fathers.
Hahn currently teaches at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, a Catholic university in Steubenville, Ohio. He is married to Kimberly Hahn, who co-runs their Catholic apostolate, the St. Paul Centre for Biblical Theology. He has authored about 33 books (31 in English and 2 in Spanish) and is the co-editor of several volumes of the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible and his popular works include Rome Sweet Home and The Lamb’s Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth.
Hahn founded and is currently the president of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, a Catholic non-profit research and educational institute committed to the promotion of biblical literacy among the Catholic laity and biblical fluency among Catholic clergy.
Some of his projects include online and parish-based Bible studies, a book series, pilgrimages, and a scholarly journal, Letter and Spirit. He is also the founder and director of the Institute of Applied Biblical Studies.
As a popular speaker, Hahn has given over 800 talks in the US and other countries on theological and biblical topics related to the Catholic faith and appears regularly on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). His talks have also been featured in multiple audio titles distributed by Lighthouse Catholic Media.
Since 1990, Hahn has taught at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he is the Father Michael Scanlan, TOR, Chair of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization.
He was awarded Doctor of Humanities – honoris causa, by the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in 2004. In 2014, Francis Cardinal George appointed Hahn to the newly established McEssy Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Biblical Theology at Mundelein Seminary in Chicago.
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“God’s grace has worked powerfully in his life… I do not hesitate to recommend Scott Hahn’s tapes to anyone seeking to follow the Lord more closely.”– John Myers, Archbishop of Newark
“I have listened to all of Scott Hahn’s tapes, and he is doing great work for the Church.”– Roger Cardinal Mahony, Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles.