Louis Markos
Louis Markos, Professor in English and Scholar in Residence at Houston Christian University, holds the Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities. His 25 books include From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics; From Plato to Christ: How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Faith; The Myth Made Fact: Reading Greek and Roman Mythology through Christian Eyes; Apologetics for the 21st Century; and On the Shoulders of Hobbits: The Road to Virtue with Tolkien and Lewis. He has produced two lecture series with The Great Courses, published 350 book chapters, essays, and reviews, and given well over 300 public lectures in some two dozen states as well as Rome, Oxford, and British Columbia. He is committed to the concept of the Professor as Public Educator and believes that knowledge must not be walled up in the Academy but must be disseminated to all who have ears to hear.
Links to posts and programs featuring Louis Markos:
- Virgil and purposeful history — In this lecture from June 2019, classical educator Louis Markos examines Book II of The Aeneid to argue that Virgil had an eschatological view of history. (68 minutes)
- Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 153 — FEATURED GUESTS:
Charles C. Camosy, O. Carter Snead, Matt Feeney, Margarita A. Mooney, Louis Markos, and Alan Jacobs
- Liberal arts and the importance of truth — Listen to conversations with two guests from Volume 153, Margarita Mooney and Louis Markos, on the liberal arts and the importance of truth. (26 minutes
- From shadows to the light of reality — FROM VOL. 153 Louis Markos argues that Plato needs to be recognized for his unique and serendipitous role in preparing the world for Christ. (24 minutes)
- Bearing well the burdens of the past, present, and future — Louis Markos shows how great literature like the Iliad links us to the human story and strengthens us to live fully and well. (65 minutes)
