J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epics are imbued with a deep sense of the spiritual from which readers discern aspects of his beliefs about God, life, good, and evil. In this book, an international group of scholars explore and build on numerous theological ideas that percolate through Tolkien’s works.
J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epics are imbued with a deep sense of the spiritual from which readers discern aspects of his beliefs about God, life, good, and evil. In this book, an international group of scholars explore and build on numerous theological ideas that percolate through Tolkien’s works.
Douglas Estes is associate professor of Religion at New College of Florida.
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Introduction Douglas Estes Part I: Aman Chapter 1: Freedom and Fidelity: Improvisation in the Ainulindalë Bradley K. Broadhead Chapter 2: "When Things Are in Danger, Someone Must Give Them Up": Redemption and Ecology in Tolkien's Legendarium Alison Milbank Chapter 3:Critiquing Tolkien's Theology Austin M. Freeman Chapter 4: In the Brilliant Darkness of a Hidden Silence: J.R.R. Tolkien's Apophatic Tendencies Douglas Estes Chapter 5: Gandalf, Sauron, Melian, and the Balrog as Angels: A Study of J.R.R. Tolkien's Maiar in the Context of Biblical Angelology Charlie Trimm Part II: Erebor Chapter 6: The Marian Valkyrie: Tolkien's Theology of the Heroic Feminine Lisa Coutras Chapter 7: Songs of Light and Darkness: Theological Imagination and Metaphor in J.R.R. Tolkien Beth M. Stovell Chapter 8: Christianity and Paganism in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings: A Typology Based on Niebuhr's Christ and Culture Allan M. de Novaes, Milton L. Torres, and João Fernando O. Barboza Chapter 9: Perceiving the Material and Immaterial in Middle-earth Adam B. Shaeffer Chapter 10: A Chance for Metanarrative to Prove its Quality Jeremy M. Rios Part III: Ithilien Chapter 11: "An Encouraging Thought": The Interplay of Providence and Free Will in Middle-earth Devin Brown Chapter 12: The Redemptive Power of Love: Arwen as the Anti-Eve in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Julie Loveland Swanstrom Chapter 13: Spiritual Sloth and Diligence in Tolkien's Work Martina Juricková Chapter 14:Evil and the Fall into Violence in Tolkien's Mythopoesis John C. McDowell Chapter 15: A Far Green Country: The Eschatology of Tolkien's Middle-earth Donald T. Williams About the Contributors
Introduction Douglas Estes Part I: Aman Chapter 1: Freedom and Fidelity: Improvisation in the Ainulindalë Bradley K. Broadhead Chapter 2: "When Things Are in Danger, Someone Must Give Them Up": Redemption and Ecology in Tolkien's Legendarium Alison Milbank Chapter 3:Critiquing Tolkien's Theology Austin M. Freeman Chapter 4: In the Brilliant Darkness of a Hidden Silence: J.R.R. Tolkien's Apophatic Tendencies Douglas Estes Chapter 5: Gandalf, Sauron, Melian, and the Balrog as Angels: A Study of J.R.R. Tolkien's Maiar in the Context of Biblical Angelology Charlie Trimm Part II: Erebor Chapter 6: The Marian Valkyrie: Tolkien's Theology of the Heroic Feminine Lisa Coutras Chapter 7: Songs of Light and Darkness: Theological Imagination and Metaphor in J.R.R. Tolkien Beth M. Stovell Chapter 8: Christianity and Paganism in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings: A Typology Based on Niebuhr's Christ and Culture Allan M. de Novaes, Milton L. Torres, and João Fernando O. Barboza Chapter 9: Perceiving the Material and Immaterial in Middle-earth Adam B. Shaeffer Chapter 10: A Chance for Metanarrative to Prove its Quality Jeremy M. Rios Part III: Ithilien Chapter 11: "An Encouraging Thought": The Interplay of Providence and Free Will in Middle-earth Devin Brown Chapter 12: The Redemptive Power of Love: Arwen as the Anti-Eve in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Julie Loveland Swanstrom Chapter 13: Spiritual Sloth and Diligence in Tolkien's Work Martina Juricková Chapter 14:Evil and the Fall into Violence in Tolkien's Mythopoesis John C. McDowell Chapter 15: A Far Green Country: The Eschatology of Tolkien's Middle-earth Donald T. Williams About the Contributors
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