Andrew Swafford is associate professor of theology at Benedictine College, where he teaches courses on Scripture and Christian moral life. He holds a doctorate in sacred theology from the University of St. Mary of the Lake and a master’s degree in Old Testament and Semitic languages from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
He is author of Spiritual Survival in the Modern World: Insights from C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters; John Paul II to Aristotle and Back Again: A Christian Philosophy of Life; and Nature and Grace: A New Approach to Thomistic Ressourcement. He is contributing author to Letter & Spirit Vol. 11: Our Beloved Brother Paul—Reception History of Paul in Catholic Tradition; Divinization: Becoming Icons of Christ through the Liturgy; 30-Second Bible: The 50 Most Meaningful Moments in the Bible; and I Choose God: Stories from Young Catholics.
Swafford is a member of the Academy of Catholic Theology and the Society of Biblical Literature; he is also a senior fellow at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. Swafford has appeared on EWTN’s Catholicism on Campus and is a regular contributor to Ascension Press’s Bible blog as well as Chastity Project. He lives with his wife, Sarah, and their four children in Atchison, Kansas.