Louis Markos holds the Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities at Houston Baptist University. He is also an expert in C.S. Lewis' writings and thought. In fact, the Teaching Company has a course that is taught by Markos available. It is there that I first encountered Markos on Lewis, and I was very impressed.
The book opens with Markos discussing the apologetic value of C.S. Lewis' works. As an expert in Lewis' thought, Markos digs deeply into it to show us the value of the apparent simplicit More...

Markos has a good understanding of the apologetics used by Lewis, Chesterton, etc. The first part of the book is devoted to exploring them and how they defended Christianity. The second is a basic course in classical apologetics. While the second half is good, it is the first half of the book that is truly outstanding. Markos displays an in depth knowledge and deftly examines his subject. In the second half, the chapter on postmodern apologetics is the best and flows very naturally from his know More...