Scott Aniol, PhD, is an author, speaker, and teacher of culture, worship, aesthetics, and church ministry philosophy. He is on faculty at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, he founded Religious Affections Ministries, he lectures around the country in churches, conferences, colleges, and seminaries, and he has authored several books and dozens of articles. Scott is the Managing Editor ofArtistic Theologian, a scholarly journal of worship and church ministry, and serves on the steering committee of the Biblical Worship Section of the Evangelical Theological Society.

Scott holds a masters degree in Aesthetics (NIU), a PhD in worship and ministry (SWBTS), and additional education in theology and ministry (SWBTS, DBTS, CBTS).