Jennifer Lois Hahn

Jennifer Lois Hahn serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Religion at California Lutheran University, where she teaches courses related to religious studies and contemporary spiritual movements.

Her academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Religious Studies from University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
• M.A. in Specialized Journalism from University of Southern California (USC)

Dr. Hahn's research examines American Religious History with emphasis on New Religious Movements and Religious Experience, particularly within addiction recovery contexts. Her work critically analyzes how secular frameworks like Alcoholics Anonymous negotiate spiritual identity while rejecting traditional religious institutionalization, revealing tensions between personal spirituality and organized religion in modern therapeutic culture.

Her publication record demonstrates consistent focus on spirituality in recovery communities, with her 2020 article in Implicit Religion establishing foundational analysis of AA's 'spiritual but not religious' paradigm that continues to influence contemporary scholarship in religion and addiction studies.