
Scott Hahn Reading Order
9 series Β· 193 books Β· Born 1957
Scott Hahn is an American theologian and Catholic apologist who has produced nearly 200 books exploring biblical foundations for Catholic doctrine and practice. His prolific output spans multiple series including the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible and works addressing biblical defenses of Catholic theology, making him a prominent voice in contemporary Catholic scholarly discourse. Hahn's writings combine theological rigor with accessibility, appealing to both academic audiences and general Catholic readers seeking deeper understanding of Scripture and Church teaching.
Anthologies Series
Complete13 books (1998β2013)
Start with Catholic for a Reason, the first of 13 books in the Anthologies series.
Start this series with Catholic for a Reason
Buy Book 1 πΊπΈπ§ Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
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| 1 | Catholic for a Reason |
| 2 | Catholic for a Reason II |
| 3 | Scripture & the Mystery of the Mother of God |
| 4 | Catholic for a Reason III |
| 5 | Letter and Spirit |
| 6 | Letter & Spirit Vol. II |
| 7 | Scripture & the Mystery of the Mass |
| 8 | Catholic for a Reason IV |
| 9 | Letter & Spirit, Volume 3 |
| 10 | Letter & Spirit, Volume 4 |
| 11 | Letter & Spirit, Volume 5 |
| 12 | Letter & Spirit, Vol. 7 |
| 13 | Letter & Spirit, Volume 8 |
Biblical Defense of Catholicism Series
Complete2 books (2001β2002)
Start with A Biblical Defense of Catholicism(By: Dave Armstrong,John A. Hardon) and read in order.
Start this series with A Biblical Defense of Catholicism(By: Dave Armstrong,John A. Hardon)
Buy Book 1 πΊπΈπ§ Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
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| 1 | A Biblical Defense of Catholicism(By: Dave Armstrong,John A. Hardon) |
| 2 | More Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: Companion to a Biblical Defense of Catholicism(With: Dave Armstrong) |
Catholic for a Reason Series
Complete2 books (2004β2007)
Start with Catholic for a Reason III(With: Tim Gray,Curtis Mitch,Curtis Martin,Jeff Cavins,Kimberly Hahn,Sean Innerst,Edward Sri,Leon J. Suprenant Jr.,Regis J. Flaherty,Robert C. Morlino,Thomas J. Nash,Stephen Pimentel,MichaelBarber) and read in order.
Start this series with Catholic for a Reason III(With: Tim Gray,Curtis Mitch,Curtis Martin,Jeff Cavins,Kimberly Hahn,Sean Innerst,Edward Sri,Leon J. Suprenant Jr.,Regis J. Flaherty,Robert C. Morlino,Thomas J. Nash,Stephen Pimentel,MichaelBarber)
Buy Book 1 πΊπΈπ§ Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
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| 1 | Catholic for a Reason III(With: Tim Gray,Curtis Mitch,Curtis Martin,Jeff Cavins,Kimberly Hahn,Sean Innerst,Edward Sri,Leon J. Suprenant Jr.,Regis J. Flaherty,Robert C. Morlino,Thomas J. Nash,Stephen Pimentel,MichaelBarber) |
| 2 | Catholic for a Reason IV(With: Regis J. Flaherty) |
Counterpoints: Bible and Theology Series
Likely Complete40 books (1998β2023)
Start with Four Views on the Book of Revelation(By: Robert L. Thomas,C. Marvin Pate,Kenneth L. Gentry Jr.,Sam Hamstra Jr.), the first of 40 books in the Counterpoints: Bible and Theology series.
Start this series with Four Views on the Book of Revelation(By: Robert L. Thomas,C. Marvin Pate,Kenneth L. Gentry Jr.,Sam Hamstra Jr.)
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| 1 | Four Views on the Book of Revelation(By: Robert L. Thomas,C. Marvin Pate,Kenneth L. Gentry Jr.,Sam Hamstra Jr.) |
| 2 | Five Views on Apologetics(By: Kelly James Clark,Gary R. Habermas,William Lane Craig,Steven B. Cowan,John M. Frame,Paul D. Feinberg) |
| 3 | How Jewish Is Christianity?(By: Louis Goldberg) |
| 4 | Exploring the Worship Spectrum(By: Harold M. Best,Stanley N. Gundry,Paul Basden) |
| 5 | Two Views on Women in Ministry(By: Thomas R. Schreiner,Craig S. Keener,Craig L. Blomberg,Linda L. Belleville,Stanley N. Gundry,James R. Beck) |
| 6 | Four Views on Moving beyond the Bible to Theology(By: Kevin J. Vanhoozer,Zondervan ,Daniel M. Doriani,Mark L. Strauss,Stanley N. Gundry,Walter C. KaiserJr.,William J. Webb,Al Wolters,Christopher J. H. Wright,Gary T. Meadors) |
| 7 | Three Views on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament(By: Darrell L. Bock,Kenneth Berding) |
| 8 | Five Views on Law and Gospel(By: Greg L. Bahnsen,DouglasJ. Moo) |
| 9 | Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World(By: R. Douglas Geivett) |
| 10 | Show Them No Mercy(By: Tremper Longman III,Eugene H. Merrill) |
| 11 | Three Views on Creation and Evolution(By: J.P. Moreland) |
| 12 | Three Views on Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism(By: Michael Horton,J. I. Packer) |
| 13 | Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond(By: Darrell L. Bock,Craig A. Blaising) |
| 14 | Are Miraculous Gifts for Today?(By: Wayne A. Grudem) |
| 15 | Five Views on Sanctification(By: John F. Walvoord) |
| 16 | Four Views on Divine Providence(By: William Lane Craig,Dennis Jowers,Ron Highfield,Gregory A. Boyd,Paul Kjoss Helseth) |
| 17 | Four Views on Eternal Security(By: Norman Geisler) |
| 18 | Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism(By: R. Albert Mohler Jr.,Andrew David Naselli,Collin Hansen,Roger E. Olson,Kevin T. Bauder,John G. Stackhouse Jr.) |
| 19 | Four Views on Christian Spirituality |
| 20 | Four Views on the Apostle Paul(By: Michael F. Bird,Thomas R. Schreiner,Luke Timothy Johnson,Mark D. Nanos) |
| 21 | Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy(By: Michael F. Bird,Kevin J. Vanhoozer,R. Albert Mohler Jr.,Peter Enns,Stanley N. Gundry,John R. Franke,James R.A. Merrick,Stephen M. Garrett) |
| 22 | Four Views on the Historical Adam(By: Matthew Barrett,C. John Collins,John H. Walton,Gregory A. Boyd,Ardel B. Caneday,Stanley N. Gundry) |
| 23 | Four Views on the Role of Works at the Final Judgment(By: Thomas R. Schreiner) |
| 24 | Two Views on the Doctrine of the Trinity(By: Stephen R. Holmes) |
| 25 | Counterpoints Theological Studies Collection One(By: Darrell L. Bock,Andrew David Naselli,Collin Hansen,J. Matthew Pinson,Stanley N. Gundry,Gary T. Meadors,Louis Goldberg,William V. Crockett,Alan Hultberg,Dennis Okholm,Timothy R. Phillips) |
| 26 | Five Views on the Church and Politics(By: Robert Benne,Stanley N. Gundry,J. Brian Benestad) |
| 27 | Genesis(By: James K. Hoffmeier,Gordon John Wenham) |
| 28 | Four Views on Christianity and Philosophy(By: Paul M. Gould,K. Scott Oliphint) |
| 29 | Four Views on Hell(By: Denny Burk,Preston M. Sprinkle) |
| 30 | Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church(By: Wesley Hill,Zondervan ,Stephen R. Holmes,Stanley N. Gundry,William Loader,Megan K. Defranza,Preston M. Sprinkle) |
| 31 | Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design(By: Hugh Ross,Stephen C. Meyer,Ken Ham,J.B. Stump,Deborah Haarsma,Stanley N. Gundry) |
| 32 | Four Views on the Church's Mission(By: Peter J. Leithart,Jonathan Leeman,John R. Franke,Christopher J. H. Wright) |
| 33 | Three Views on the Rapture(By: Douglas J. Moo,Craig Blaising,Alan Hultberg) |
| 34 | Do Christians, Muslims, and Jews Worship the Same God?(By: Francis J. Beckwith) |
| 35 | Five Views on the Extent of the Atonement(By: Adam J. Johnson,Michael Horton,Fred Sanders,Tom Greggs,Matthew Levering) |
| 36 | Five Views on the Exodus(By: James K. Hoffmeier,Ronald Hendel,Mark D. Janzen,Scott Stripling,Gary A. Rendsburg,Peter Feinman) |
| 37 | Three Views on Christianity and Science(By: Zondervan) |
| 38 | Five Views of Christ in the Old Testament(By: Jason S. DeRouchie,Tremper Longman III,Brian J. Tabb) |
| 39 | Four Views on Heaven(By: Michael Allen) |
| 40 | Five Views on the Gospel(By: Michael F. Bird,Scot McKnight,Michael Horton,Jason Maston,David A. deSilva,Julie C Ma,Shively T J Smith) |
Didache Series
Complete3 books (2009β2013)
Start with Faith and Revelation and read in order.
Start this series with Faith and Revelation
Buy Book 1 πΊπΈπ§ Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
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| 1 | Faith and Revelation |
| 2 | Understanding the Scriptures |
| 3 | The Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church(With: Mike Aquilina) |
Ignatius Catholic Study Bible Series
Complete22 books (1991β2017)
Start with The Acts of the Apostles, the first of 22 books in the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible series.
Start this series with The Acts of the Apostles
Buy Book 1 πΊπΈπ§ Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
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| 1 | The Acts of the Apostles |
| 2 | The Gospel of John |
| 3 | The Gospel of Matthew |
| 4 | The Gospel of Luke |
| 5 | The Gospel of Mark |
| 6 | The Letter of St. Paul to the Romans |
| 7 | The First and Second Letters of Saint Paul to the Corinthians |
| 8 | The Letters of St. Paul to the Galatians & Ephesians |
| 9 | The Letters of St. Paul to the Philippians, Colossians and Philemon |
| 10 | The Letter to the Hebrews |
| 11 | The Letters of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, Timothy, and Titus |
| 12 | The Letters of St. James, St. Peter & St. Jude |
| 13 | The First, Second, and Third Letters of St. John, and the Revelation to John |
| 14 | New Testament |
| 15 | The Book of Genesis |
| 16 | Exodus |
| 17 | Daniel |
| 18 | Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon |
| 19 | Joshua |
| 20 | Judges and Ruth |
| 21 | 1 & 2 Samuel |
| 22 | 1 & 2 Kings |
Scott Hahn Religion Series
Ongoing54 books (1993β2024)
Start with Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism(With: Kimberly Hahn), the first of 53 books in the Scott Hahn Religion series.
Start this series with Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism(With: Kimberly Hahn)
Buy Book 1 πΊπΈπ§ Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
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| 1 | Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism(With: Kimberly Hahn) |
| 2 | Answering Common Objections |
| 3 | The End:A Study Of The Book Of Revelation |
| 4 | Our Father's Plan: Salvation History from Genesis to the Catholic Church(With: Jeff Cavins) |
| 5 | The Lamb's Supper |
| 6 | Why the Hell? |
| 7 | Hail, Holy Queen |
| 8 | A Kingdom Divided(With: Kimberly Hahn) |
| 9 | Can You Trust the Bible? |
| 10 | Salvation History |
| 11 | The Most Holy Rosary |
| 12 | Understanding "Our Father": Biblical Reflections on the Lord's Prayer |
| 13 | Living the Mysteries(With: Mike Aquilina) |
| 14 | Lord, Have Mercy |
| 15 | Scripture Matters |
| 16 | Stand Up for Your Faith |
| 17 | Swear to God |
| 18 | Ordinary Work, Extraordinary Grace |
| 19 | Reading Salvation |
| 20 | First Comes Love |
| 21 | Genesis to Jesus: Journey Through Scripture(With: Kimberly Hahn,MichaelBarber) |
| 22 | Reasons to Believe |
| 23 | A Pocket Guide to St. Paul |
| 24 | Answering the New Atheism(With: Benjamin Wiker) |
| 25 | St. Paul at a Glance |
| 26 | The Bible at a Glance |
| 27 | Catholic Bible Dictionary |
| 28 | Covenant and Communion |
| 29 | Signs of Life |
| 30 | Spirit & Life |
| 31 | Hope for Hard Times |
| 32 | Many Are Called: Rediscovering the Glory of the Priesthood |
| 33 | For the Sake of Our Salvation(With: David Scott) |
| 34 | Lenten Reflections From A Father Who Keeps His Promises |
| 35 | Politicizing the Bible(With: Benjamin Wiker) |
| 36 | The Kingdom of God as Liturgical Empire |
| 37 | Consuming the Word |
| 38 | The Church, Sacrament of Salvation |
| 39 | Angels and Saints |
| 40 | Evangelizing Catholics |
| 41 | Joy to the World(With: Mike Aquilina) |
| 42 | The Creed |
| 43 | The First Society |
| 44 | The Fourth Cup |
| 45 | Isaiah(With: Curtis Mitch) |
| 46 | Hope to Die(With: Emily Stimpson Chapman) |
| 47 | It Is Right and Just(With: Brandon McGinley) |
| 48 | Modern Biblical Criticism as a Tool of Statecraft(With: Jeffrey Lawrence Morrow) |
| 49 | The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture(With: Benjamin Wiker) |
| 50 | Holy Is His Name |
| 51 | Seven Clues(With: Maura Roan McKeegan) |
| 52 | The Book of Psalms(With: Curtis Mitch,Dennis Walters) |
| 53 | A Father Who Keeps His Promises |
| 54 | Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: Old and New Testaments(With: Curtis Mitch) |
Surprised by Truth Series
Complete3 books (1994β2002)
Start with Surprised By Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic(With: Paul Thigpen,Patrick Madrid,Jimmy Akin,Al Kresta,Steve Wood,Marcus Grodi,Robert A. Sungenis,Julie Swenson,Rick Conason,T.L. Frazier,Tim Staples,Dave Armstrong) and read in order.
Start this series with Surprised By Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic(With: Paul Thigpen,Patrick Madrid,Jimmy Akin,Al Kresta,Steve Wood,Marcus Grodi,Robert A. Sungenis,Julie Swenson,Rick Conason,T.L. Frazier,Tim Staples,Dave Armstrong)
Buy Book 1 πΊπΈπ§ Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
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| 1 | Surprised By Truth: 11 Converts Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic(With: Paul Thigpen,Patrick Madrid,Jimmy Akin,Al Kresta,Steve Wood,Marcus Grodi,Robert A. Sungenis,Julie Swenson,Rick Conason,T.L. Frazier,Tim Staples,Dave Armstrong) |
| 2 | Surprised by Truth 2: 15 Men and Women Give the Biblical and Historical Reasons For Becoming Catholic(By: Patrick Madrid) |
| 3 | Surprised by Truth 3: 10 More Converts Explain the Biblical and Historical Reasons for Becoming Catholic(By: Patrick Madrid) |
The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library Series
Likely Complete54 books
Start with The Birth of the Messiah(By: Raymond E. Brown), the first of 54 books in the The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library series.
Start this series with The Gnostic Scriptures(By: Porphyry,Bentley Layton,Irenaeus of Lyons,Basilides,David Brakke,Hermes Trismegistus,Clement of Alexandria,Epiphanius of Salamis,Valentinus,Ptolemy the Gnostic)
Buy Book 1 πΊπΈπ§ Listen free on Audible| # | Title |
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| 1 | The Gnostic Scriptures(By: Porphyry,Bentley Layton,Irenaeus of Lyons,Basilides,David Brakke,Hermes Trismegistus,Clement of Alexandria,Epiphanius of Salamis,Valentinus,Ptolemy the Gnostic) |
| 2 | The Birth of the Messiah(By: Raymond E. Brown) |
| 3 | The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Volume 2: Expansions of the Old Testament and Legends, Wisdom and Philosophical Literature, Prayers, Psalms and Odes, Fragments of Lost Judeo-Hellenistic Works(By: James H. Charlesworth) |
| 4 | Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume 1: 10,000-586 B.C.E.(By: Amihai Mazar) |
| 5 | A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume I: The Roots of the Problem and the Person(By: John P. Meier) |
| 6 | Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls(By: James H. Charlesworth) |
| 7 | The Pentateuch: An Introduction to the First Five Books of the Bible(By: Joseph Blenkinsopp) |
| 8 | History and Prophecy: The Development of Late Judean Literary Traditions(By: Brian Peckham) |
| 9 | A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume II: Mentor, Message, and Miracles(By: John P. Meier) |
| 10 | Introduction to Rabbinic Literature(By: Jacob Neusner) |
| 11 | An Introduction to the New Testament(By: Raymond E. Brown) |
| 12 | Education in Ancient Israel: Across the Deadening Silence(By: James L. Crenshaw) |
| 13 | The Death of the Messiah, Volume 1(By: Raymond E. Brown) |
| 14 | The Death of the Messiah, Volume 2(By: Raymond E. Brown) |
| 15 | Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen: Women in Judges and Biblical Israel(By: Susan Ackerman) |
| 16 | A History of the Synoptic Problem: The Canon, the Text, the Composition, and the Interpretation of the Gospels(By: David Laird Dungan) |
| 17 | A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume III - Companions and Competitors(By: John P. Meier) |
| 18 | Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume 2: The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian Periods(By: Ephraim Stern) |
| 19 | Peoples of an Almighty God: Competing Religions in the Ancient World(By: Jonathan Goldstein) |
| 20 | An Introduction to the Gospel of John(By: Raymond E. Brown,Francis J. Moloney) |
| 21 | The Empty Men: The Heroic Tradition of Ancient Israel(By: Gregory Mobley) |
| 22 | No Ordinary Angel: Celestial Spirits and Christian Claims about Jesus(By: Susan R. Garrett) |
| 23 | A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume 4: Law and Love(By: John P. Meier) |
| 24 | Among the Gentiles: Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity(By: Luke Timothy Johnson) |
| 25 | Kinship by Covenant: A Canonical Approach to the Fulfillment of God's Saving Promises |
| 26 | The Good and Evil Serpent: How a Universal Symbol Became Christianized(By: James H. Charlesworth) |
| 27 | Alexander to Constantine - Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Volume III(By: Mark A. Chancey,Eric M. Meyers) |
| 28 | Ancient Christian Martyrdom(By: Candida R. Moss) |
| 29 | The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis(By: Joel S. Baden) |
| 30 | The Formation of the Jewish Canon(By: Timothy H. Lim) |
| 31 | A Social History of Hebrew: Its Origins Through the Rabbinic Period(By: William M. Schniedewind) |
| 32 | A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume V: Probing the Authenticity of the Parables(By: John P. Meier) |
| 33 | Language and Literacy in Roman Judaea: A Study of the Bar Kokhba Documents(By: Michael Owen Wise) |
| 34 | Revelation and Authority: Sinai in Jewish Scripture and Tradition(By: Benjamin D. Sommer) |
| 35 | The Responsive Self: Personal Religion in Biblical Literature of the Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods(By: Susan Niditch) |
| 36 | Women's Divination in Biblical Literature: Prophecy, Necromancy, and Other Arts of Knowledge(By: Esther J. Hamori) |
| 37 | The House of the Mother: The Social Roles of Maternal Kin in Biblical Hebrew Narrative and Poetry(By: Cynthia R. Chapman) |
| 38 | Where the Gods Are: Spatial Dimensions of Anthropomorphism in the Biblical World(By: Mark S. Smith) |
| 39 | Friendship in the Hebrew Bible(By: Saul M. Olyan) |
| 40 | The Birth of Christian History: Memory and Time from Mark to Luke-Acts(By: Eve-Marie Becker) |
| 41 | Apocalypse as Holy War: Divine Politics and Polemics in the Letters of Paul(By: Emma Wasserman) |
| 42 | How Old Is the Hebrew Bible?: A Linguistic, Textual, and Historical Study(By: Ronald Hendel,Jan Joosten) |
| 43 | Philo of Alexandria: An Intellectual Biography(By: Maren R. Niehoff) |
| 44 | Becoming Diaspora Jews: Behind the Story of Elephantine(By: Karel van der Toorn) |
| 45 | Literary Theory and the New Testament(By: Michal Beth Dinkler) |
| 46 | Matthew within Sectarian Judaism(By: John Kampen) |
| 47 | The Temple in Early Christianity: Experiencing the Sacred(By: Eyal Regev) |
| 48 | Jewish Christianity: The Making of the Christianity-Judaism Divide(By: Matt Jackson-McCabe) |
| 49 | Hell Hath No Fury: Gender, Disability, and the Invention of Damned Bodies in Early Christian Literature(By: Meghan R. Henning) |
| 50 | The Spirit within Me: Self and Agency in Ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism(By: Carol A. Newsom) |
| 51 | Deuteronomy and the Pentateuch(By: Jeffrey Stackert) |
| 52 | Paul Transformed: Reception of the Person and Letters of Paul in Antiquity(By: Adela Yarbro Collins) |
| 53 | The Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal(By: Yonatan Adler) |
| 54 | Women and the Religion of Ancient Israel(By: Susan Ackerman) |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Scott Hahn written?
- Scott Hahn has written 193 books across 9 series. Their published works span from 1977 to 2024.
- What is the first book in each Scott Hahn series?
- Here are the first books in Scott Hahn's series: Anthologies: Catholic for a Reason; Biblical Defense of Catholicism: A Biblical Defense of Catholicism(By: Dave Armstrong,John A. Hardon); Catholic for a Reason: Catholic for a Reason III(With: Tim Gray,Curtis Mitch,Curtis Martin,Jeff Cavins,Kimberly Hahn,Sean Innerst,Edward Sri,Leon J. Suprenant Jr.,Regis J. Flaherty,Robert C. Morlino,Thomas J. Nash,Stephen Pimentel,MichaelBarber); Counterpoints: Bible and Theology: Four Views on the Book of Revelation(By: Robert L. Thomas,C. Marvin Pate,Kenneth L. Gentry Jr.,Sam Hamstra Jr.); Didache: Faith and Revelation.
- What order should I read Scott Hahn's books?
- We recommend reading Scott Hahn's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Scott Hahn still writing new books?
- Yes, Scott Hahn has 1 ongoing series: Scott Hahn Religion.

