Jon Pahl is Professor of the History of Christianity in North America and Director of MA Programs for The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, and has been Visiting Professor at Temple University and Princeton University. Dr. Pahl received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Divinity School, where he studied with noted historian Martin E. Marty. Jon is the author or editor of seven books, and has spoken to audiences from Ankara, Turkey to Anaheim, California. He was also featured in a documentary film, Malls R Us, which had its world premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Jon lives with his wife, Lisa, and their three children near Swarthmore, PA, where he enjoys sports, gardening, and playing the saxophone with his jazz and rhythm and blues band, "The Groove Daemons."