Dr. Scott Hahn Visits Lunch With BooksFranciscan University Professor Dr. Scott Hahn appeared at the Ohio County Public Library's Lunch With Books program on Tuesday, August 21st. The author of more than a dozen books on theology and Christianity, Dr. Hahn discussed ideas from his latest book, Reasons to Believe: How to Understand, Explain, & Defend the Catholic Faith.
Before a record LWB audience of 126 people, Dr. Hahn explained why he wrote a book dealing with the difficult subject of apologetics, the defense of faith in God in genera
l, and Christianity and Catholicism in particular. Dr. Hahn based his defense on the natural world, reason, Biblical evidence, and theological evidence.
l, and Christianity and Catholicism in particular. Dr. Hahn based his defense on the natural world, reason, Biblical evidence, and theological evidence.He discussed the current popularity of various atheist books on the bestseller list, and recommended Alister and Joanna McGrath's The Dawkins Delusion?: Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine as a counterpoint.
Dr. Hahn concluded by answering audience questions and spent more than an hour signing books after the event. He expressed some pleasant surprise regarding the local interest in his work and said he very much enjoyed his visit to Wheeling.
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