Jim Houston is one of the co-founders of the C.S. Lewis Institute. He and Jim Hiskey launched the C.S. Lewis Institute in Washington, D.C. in 1976. From its beginning, Jim has served as a Senior Fellow of the Institute, lecturing at CSLI events over the past four decades and offering his counsel to the leadership. 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. He is a prolific author, editor, and Christian scholar and is respected worldwide as a leader in educating and equipping laypersons.
Dr. James M. Houston
CSLI Co-Founder, Senior Fellow for Faith and Vocation