Contributors

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  James M. Houston

  CSLI Co-Founder
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James M. Houston
CSLI Co-FounderJames M. Houston (1922 – 2026) is a co-founder of the C.S. Lewis Institute. Jim served as a Senior Fellow of the Institute, lecturing at CSLI events over the past five decades. He received his Bachelor of Science and M.A. degrees from the University of Edinburgh and a D. Phil. from Oxford University. He was a University Lecturer at Oxford from 1947 – 1971 where he taught cultural and historical geography. While teaching at Oxford, he met C.S. Lewis and participated in a regular Bible study with him for six years. He is known as one of the “founding fathers” of Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia where he has served as the first Principal, Chancellor and Professor of Spiritual Theology.  
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  Richard Lovelace

  Professor
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Richard Lovelace
Professor
Richard Lovelace, (1931 – 2020) was professor emeritus of church history at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He authored many books, most notably: Dynamics of a Spiritual Life, Homosexuality and the Church, and The American Pietism of Cotton Mather. Lovelace was primarily interested in the subjects of spiritual awakening, revival, and renewal in the Church. He has also authored numerous articles in addition to his books. Lovelace received his ThD from Princeton Theological Seminary.
 
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  Charles Malik

  Theologian
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Charles Malik
Theologian 
Charles Malik, (1906 – 1987) was a Lebanese academic, diplomat, philosopher, and theologian. He attended The American University of Beirut, graduating with a degree in mathematics and physics. He went on to study philosophy at Harvard (where he received his PhD) and in Freiburg, Germany. Malik is known for his role in the UN – as he signed the founding charter of the United Nations and one of the UN’s greatest documents, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He completed his academic career as the Jacques Maritain Distinguished Professor of Moral and Political Philosophy at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, DC. He is the author of The Two Tasks, focusing on the Church’s passion of both evangelism and intellectualism.