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Speaker Details
Dr. Scott Hahn
Dr. Scott Hahn was born in 1957, has been married to Kimberly since 1979, and has six children. An exceptionally popular speaker and teacher, Dr. Hahn has delivered numerous talks nationally and internationally on a wide variety of topics talks related to Scripture and the Catholic faith. Hundreds of these talks have been produced on audio and videotapes by St. Joseph Communications. His talks have been effective in helping thousands of Protestants and fallen away Catholics to (re)embrace the Catholic faith.
He is currently a Professor of Theology and Scripture at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he has taught since 1990, and is the founder and director of the Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology. In 2005, he was appointed as the Pope Benedict XVI Chair of Biblical Theology and Liturgical Proclamation at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
The Catholic Bible Dictionary (Doubleday, 2009), Kinship by Covenant (Yale University Press, 2009) Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and their Biblical Roots (Doubleday, 2009) are his newest titles. He is also the author of Spirit and Life (Emmaus Road, OH 2009), Covenant and Communion (Brazos Press, 2009), Answering the New Atheism (Emmaus Road, 2008), A Pocket Guide to the Bible and A Pocket Guide to St. Paul (Our Sunday Visitor, 2008), Reasons to Believe: How to Understand, Explain, and Defend the Catholic Faith (Doubleday: New York, 2007) and Ordinary Work, Extraordinary Grace (Doubleday: New York, 2006), Understanding the Scriptures (Midwest Theological Forum: Chicago, 2005), Letter and Spirit (Doubleday: New York, 2005), Swear to God (Doubleday: New York, 2004), Scripture Matters (Emmaus Road: Steubenville, 2003), Lord Have Mercy (Doubleday: New York, 2003), Understanding Our Father (Emmaus Road: Steubenville, OH, 2002); First Comes Love: (Doubleday: New York, 2002); Hail Holy Queen (Doubleday: New York, 2001), The Lamb’s Supper (Doubleday: New York, 1999); A Father Who Keeps His Promises (Servant Publications: Ann Arbor, MI 1998), co-author (along with his wife, Kimberly) of Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism (Ignatius Press: San Francisco, 1993), and co-editor of Catholic for a Reason I, II, III, IV (Emmaus Road: Steubenville, OH 1998, 2000, 2004, 2007). He is editor of The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible. Dr. Hahn has also written numerous articles in lay and academic publications.
Scott received his Bachelor of Arts degree with a triple-major in Theology, Philosophy and Economics from Grove City College, Pennsylvania, in 1979, his Masters of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1982, and his Ph.D. in Biblical Theology from Marquette University in 1995. Scott has ten years of youth and pastoral ministry experience in Protestant congregations (in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, Kansas and Virginia) and is a former Professor of Theology at Chesapeake Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1982 at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Fairfax, Virginia. He entered the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil, 1986.
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