The ring and the cross : Christianity and the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien /
edited by Paul E. Kerry.
- Madison [N.J.] : Lanham, Md. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, c2011.
- 310 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : a historiography of Christian approaches to Tolkien's The lord of the rings / The pagan Tolkien / The Christian Tolkien : a response to Ronald Hutton / Can we still have a pagan Tolkien? : a reply to Nils Ivar Ag�y / The Entwives : investigating the spiritual core of The lord of the rings / "Like heathen kings" : a religion as palimpsest in Tolkien's fiction / Confronting the world's weirdness : J. R. R. Tolkien's The children of H�urin / Eru erased : the minimalist cosmology of The lord of the rings / The ring and the cross : how J. R. R. Tolkien became a Christian writer / Redeeming sub-creation / Catholic scholar, Catholic sub-creator / "An age comes on" : J. R. R. Tolkien and the English Catholic sense of history / The lord of the rings and the Catholic understanding of community / Tracking Catholic influence in The lord of the rings / Saintly and distant mothers / The "last battle" as a Johannine Ragnar�ok : Tolkien and the universal / Paul E. Kerry -- Ronald Hutton -- Nils Ivar Ag�y -- Ronald Hutton -- Stephen Morillo -- John R. Holmes -- Ralph C. Wood -- Catherine Madsen -- Chris Mooney -- Carson L. Holloway -- Jason Boffetti -- Michael Tomko -- Joseph Pearce -- Paul E. Kerry -- Marjorie Burns -- Bradley J. Birzer.
9781611470642 (alk. paper) 1611470641
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Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973 --Criticism and interpretation. Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973 --Religion.
Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism. Christianity and literature--History--Great Britain--20th century. Christianity in literature.