Scot McKnight

Scot McKnight
Scot McKnight speaking at ACU's Summit in 2013
Nationality	American
Occupation	New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, theologian, speaker, author and blogger
Spouse(s)	Kristen
Academic background
Education	Cornerstone University, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Alma mater	University of Nottingham(PhD)
Thesis year	1986
Academic work
Institutions	North Park University Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Northern Baptist Theological Seminary

Scot McKnight is an American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, theologian, speaker, author and blogger who has written widely on the historical Jesus, early Christianity, the emerging church and missional church movements, spiritual formation and Christian living. He is currently Professor of New Testament at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lombard, IL. McKnight is an ordained Anglican with anabaptist leanings, and has also written frequently on issues in modern anabaptism.

McKnight was born in Illinois and raised in Freeport, Illinois. He earned his B.A. degree from Grand Rapids Baptist College (now known as Cornerstone University), an M.A. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham in 1986, where he studied under James Dunn, famous for his work on the New Perspective on Paul.

McKnight was the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies at North Park University from 1994 to 2012. Prior to joining the NPU faculty in 1994, he was a professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

McKnight is a prolific author, with more than fifty books to his credit. One of McKnight's more popular books, The Jesus Creed, won the Christianity Today book award for 2004 in the area of Christian living and has spawned a number of popular small group studies and a DVD series.

McKnight's blog, Jesus Creed, which was formerly hosted by Beliefnet and is now hosted by Patheos, is currently one of the most popular Evangelical blogs online.