Contribution to Book
“Hahn, Scott Walker (b. 1957),”
The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization
(2011)
Abstract
Scott Walker Hahn was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, in 1957. He became an evangelical Protestant Christian while in high school, and was involved in the parachurch movement Young Life. He earned a B.A. (1979) from Grove City College, where he triple majored in theology, philosophy, and economics. He then earned an M.Div. (1982) from Gordon‐Conwell Theological Seminary, and finally completed his Ph.D. (1995) in theology at Marquette University. After studying at Gordon‐Conwell, he became a Presbyterian minister and served as associate pastor in Virginia. During the same period he taught theology, philosophy, and economics at a Christian high school, and taught seminary courses as an assistant professor. Hahn became a high profile intellectual convert to Catholicism when in 1986 he entered the Catholic Church. He currently teaches theology at both Franciscan University of …
Keywords
- Scott Hahn
Publication Date
2011
Editor
George Thomas Kurian
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN
9781405157629
Citation Information
Jeffrey Morrow. "“Hahn, Scott Walker (b. 1957),”" OxfordThe Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization Vol. 2 (2011) p. 1088 - 1089 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jeffrey-morrow/48/