Ring and the Cross

Christianity and the Lord of the Rings
Herausgeber: Kerry, Paul E.

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Produktbeschreibung

The influence of J.R.R Tolkien's Christianity on his writing has sparked intense discussion and debate. What has been lacking is a forum for a civilized discussion about the topic, as well as a chronological overview of the major arguments and themes that have engaged scholars about the impact of Christianity on Tolkein's oeuvre, with particular reference to The Lord of the Rings. The Ring and the Cross addresses these two needs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 659g
• ISBN-13: 9781611470642
• ISBN-10: 1611470641
• Artikelnr.: 32806992

Autorenporträt

Paul E. Kerry is an associate professor of history at Brigham Young University, research associate at Corpus Christi College and visiting fellow at the Woolf Institute, Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I: The Ring Chapter 3 The Pagan Tolkien
Chapter 4 The Christian Tolkien: A Response to Ronald Hutton Chapter 5 The
Entwives: Investigating the Spritual Core ofLord of the Rings Chapter 6
"Like Heathen Kings:" Religion as Palimpsest in Tolkien's Fiction Chapter 7
Confronting the World's Weirdness: J. R. R. Tolkien'sThe Children of Hurin
Chapter 8 Eru Erased: The Minimalist Cosmology ofThe Lord of the Rings
Chapter 9 The Ring and the Cross: How J. R. R. Tolkien Became a Christian
Writer Part 10 Part II: The Cross Chapter 11 Redeeming Sub-Creation Chapter
12 Catholic Scholar, Catholic Sub-Creator Chapter 13 "An Age Comes On:" J.
R. R. Tolkien and the English Catholic Sense of History Chapter 14 The Lord
of the Rings and the Catholic Understanding of Community Chapter 15
Tracking Catholic Influence inThe Lord of the Rings Chapter 16 Saintly and
Distant Mothers Chapter 17 The "Last Battle" as a Johannine Ragnarok:
Tolkien and the Universal