Thomas Howard (writer and scholar)
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Thomas Howard is a highly acclaimed writer and scholar. A convert to Roman Catholicism, he is known for his studies of C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams, as well as for books such as his Christ the Tiger (1967) and Evangelical is Not Enough (1988).
His most recent book is Dove Descending: A Journey Into T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets (2006).
He is a graduate of Wheaton College
, where he subsequently taught periodically as a visiting professor. Howard is emeritus professor of English, St John's Seminary (Boston).
His sister is well-known author and former missionary Elisabeth Elliot
. His brother, David M. Howard
, is also an author and former missionary.
His most recent book is Dove Descending: A Journey Into T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets (2006).
He is a graduate of Wheaton College
Wheaton College (Illinois)
Wheaton College is a private, evangelical Protestant liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago in the United States...
, where he subsequently taught periodically as a visiting professor. Howard is emeritus professor of English, St John's Seminary (Boston).
His sister is well-known author and former missionary Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot is a Christian author and speaker. Her first husband, Jim Elliot, was killed in 1956 while attempting to make missionary contact with the Auca of eastern Ecuador. She later spent two years as a missionary to the tribe members who killed her husband...
. His brother, David M. Howard
David M. Howard (author and Christian missionary)
David M. Howard Sr. is an author and Christian missionary to Colombia. He is the brother of Elisabeth Elliot, brother-in-law of Jim Elliot, and brother of author Thomas Howard ....
, is also an author and former missionary.
External links
- Dr. Thomas Howard: Author's Page on IgnatiusInsight.com (bio, books published by Ignatius Press, interviews and excerpts)
- Thomas Howard profile and books on Goodreads