▁received ▁his ▁A . B . ▁in ▁history ▁and ▁literature ▁from ▁Harvard ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁mag na ▁cum ▁la ude . ▁He ▁earned ▁his ▁M . A . ▁in ▁religious ▁studies ▁at ▁Y ale ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁After ▁studying ▁lit urg ical ▁history , ▁system atic ▁the ology , ▁and ▁script ure ▁at ▁Saint ▁John ' s ▁University ▁School ▁of ▁The ology , ▁he ▁earned ▁his ▁D . Ph il . ▁from ▁University ▁of ▁Oxford ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁writing ▁his ▁th esis ▁on ▁Greek ▁and ▁Sy ri ac ▁asc etic ism . ▁ ▁Relig ious ▁life ▁Stewart ▁prof essed ▁v ows ▁as ▁a ▁mon k ▁at ▁Saint ▁John ' s ▁Ab bey ▁in ▁July ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁On ▁June ▁ 8 , ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁he ▁was ▁ord ained ▁to ▁the ▁priest hood . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Stewart ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁executive ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Hill ▁Museum ▁& ▁Man us cript ▁Library ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁Working ▁closely ▁with ▁international ▁church ▁leaders , ▁govern ments ▁and ▁cultural ▁organizations , ▁Stewart ▁has ▁super vised ▁the ▁digit ization ▁of ▁largely ▁Christian ▁manuscript ▁collections ▁from ▁Europe , ▁Africa , ▁the ▁Middle ▁East , ▁and ▁India . ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁led ▁initi atives ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁digit ization ▁of ▁Islam ic ▁manuscript s ▁through ▁his ▁partners hips ▁with ▁libraries ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁East , ▁Africa , ▁and ▁India . ▁He ▁also ▁over se es