On the shoulders of hobbits : the road to virtue with Tolkien and Lewis /
Markos, Louis.
On the shoulders of hobbits : the road to virtue with Tolkien and Lewis / Louis Markos. - Chicago : Moody Publishers, c2012. - 234 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The lure of the road -- Responding to the call -- Dangers on the road -- The end of the road -- The courage to endure -- Temperance and tobacco -- The wisdom that discerns -- The justice of the king -- Rehabilitating friendship -- The eyes of faith -- Hope and the happy ending -- The love that pities and forgives -- Forbidden fruit -- Perversion and corruption -- Blinded by the light -- Egyptian alliances.
Introduces the classic virtues both good and bad through the stories of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and explains that real life truth and goodness are communicated powerfully through fantasy fiction.
9780802443199 0802443192
2012022461
Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973 --Criticism and interpretation.
Lewis, C. S. 1898-1963 --Criticism and interpretation.
Christianity and literature.
PR 6039 .O32 / Z6936 2012
On the shoulders of hobbits : the road to virtue with Tolkien and Lewis / Louis Markos. - Chicago : Moody Publishers, c2012. - 234 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The lure of the road -- Responding to the call -- Dangers on the road -- The end of the road -- The courage to endure -- Temperance and tobacco -- The wisdom that discerns -- The justice of the king -- Rehabilitating friendship -- The eyes of faith -- Hope and the happy ending -- The love that pities and forgives -- Forbidden fruit -- Perversion and corruption -- Blinded by the light -- Egyptian alliances.
Introduces the classic virtues both good and bad through the stories of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and explains that real life truth and goodness are communicated powerfully through fantasy fiction.
9780802443199 0802443192
2012022461
Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973 --Criticism and interpretation.
Lewis, C. S. 1898-1963 --Criticism and interpretation.
Christianity and literature.
PR 6039 .O32 / Z6936 2012