Shane Owens

Dr. Shane Owens is assistant professor of theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville and director of three master's programs in theology. Owens is a theologian with the St. Paul Center and host of Bible Across America. An alumnus of Franciscan, he earned his PhD at The Catholic University of America, specializing in the theology of St. Augustine, the reception of the Bible, and the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition. He previously taught at The Catholic University of America, the Dominican House of Studies, and Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University. He is author of Return to the Heart: The Biblical Spirituality of St. Augustine’s Confessions. He and his bride, Esther, raise their three children in Steubenville, Ohio.