Mark Bosco,
S.J. is a Jesuit priest and a professor. His areas of research and specialization are in the fields of 20th-Century American and British Literature, the
Roman Catholic literary tradition, aesthetics, art, and the religious imagination. He is an authority on the works of
Flannery O'Connor and
Graham Greene.
Bosco is widely published; his most recent book is ''Graham Greene’s Catholic Imagination'', published by
Oxford University Press. He has also given numerous invited lectures and talks.
Bosco earned his
Ph.D. from
Graduate Theological Union
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in 2003, his
M.Div. from the
Jesuit School of Theology in 1998.
Prior to August 2017, he was Professor of
Theology and
English studies
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at
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago (Loyola or LUC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Cathol ...
in
Chicago,
Illinois, as well as the former Interim Director of the Interdisciplinary Honors Program. He was also the Director of Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage. Bosco was the founder and former director of the Catholic Studies Minor Program.
In 2017, Bosco was appointed the Vice President for Mission and Ministry at
Georgetown University in
Washington, D.C. In addition to leading the
campus ministry, he is also a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of English.
Bosco was co-writer and co-director with Elizabeth Coffman of the 2019 documentary film ''
Flannery'', about Flannery O'Connor.
[Matt Hanson]
"The Enduring Chill of Flannery O'Connor"
'' The American Interest'' (August 2, 2020)
Publications
*"Seeing the Glory: Investigations into Graham Greene's ''The Power and the Glory'' Through the Lens of Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theological Aesthetics." ''Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture'' 4: 1 (Winter 2001): 34-53.
*"From ''The Power and the Glory'' to ''The Honorary Consul'': The Development of Graham Greene's Catholic Imagination." ''Religion and Literature'' 36: 2 (Summer 2004): 51-74.
*"Brutally Real: Why ''The Passion'' Appeals to Young People." ''
Commonweal'' CXXXI: 9 (7 May 2004). Rpt. in ''The Best Catholic Writing 2005'', ed. Brian Doyle. Chicago: Loyola Press, 2005.
*"
John L'Heureux: Charting a Post-Vatican II Literary Imagination." ''Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture'' 40: 2 (Spring 2005): 78-92.
*"Consenting to Love: Autobiographical Roots of 'Good Country People.'" ''
Southern Review
''The Southern Review'' is a quarterly literary magazine that was established by Robert Penn Warren in 1935 at the behest of Charles W. Pipkin and funded by Huey Long as a part of his investment in Louisiana State University. It publishes fict ...
'' 41: 2 (Spring 2005): 283-295.
*''Graham Greene’s Catholic Imagination''. Oxford University Press, 2005.
*"John L'Heureux's ''The Handmaid of Desire'': Desiring the Good Academic Imagination." Chapter in Mark Bosco and Kimberly Rae Connor (editors), ''Academic Novels as Satire: Critical Studies of an Emerging Genre''. Edwin Mellen Press, 2007: 131-145.
*"Introduction" to Mark Bosco and David Stagaman (editors), ''Finding God in All Things: Celebrating Bernard Lonergan, John Courtney Murray and Karl Rahner''. Fordham University Press, 2007.
*"Erik Langkjaer: The One Flannery 'Used to Go With'." ''The Flannery O'Connor Review'' 5 (2007): 44-55.
*"Introduction" to Graham Greene, ''The Honorary Consul''. Penguin Classics, 2008.
*"''The Honorary Consul'' and ''Monsignor Quixote'': Charting the Post-Vatican II 'Catholic' Novel." Chapter in William Thomas Hill (editor), ''Lonely Without God: Graham Greene's Quixotic Journey of Faith''.
Academica Press, LCC, 2008: 209-222.
*"Georges Bernanos and Francis Poulenc: Catholic Convergences in ''Dialogues of the Carmelites''." ''Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture'' 12: 2 (Spring 2009).
*(with Beatriz Valverde) "Flannery O'Connor: Catholic and Quixotic". Introduction to Mark Bosco and Beatriz Valverde (editors), ''Reading Flannery O'Connor in Spain: From'' Andalusia ''to Andalucía''. Editorial Universidad de
Jaén, 2020: 7–21.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American Jesuits
21st-century American Jesuits
American academics of English literature
Living people
Loyola University Chicago faculty
Saint Louis University alumni
Georgetown University faculty