J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and the Cosmic Music of the Beginnings
The Inklings expressed interest in ancient mythologies that described the creation of the world through music.
The Inklings expressed interest in ancient mythologies that described the creation of the world through music.
Aragorn, for so long the wandering heir, wins at last and begins the restoration of a world wrecked by evil.
Tolkien shows us the similarity between machinery and magic, which both point to the desire for power.
Marked by historical events of such magnitude as the two world wars, Tolkien and other Christian intellectuals of his day grappled with profound questions about the fate of the world.
The greatest Catholic writers of the 20th century drew on the deep riches of the liturgy to speak to the secular age.
FROM THE FALL 2023 PRINT EDITION: In crossing the threshold into Middle-earth, I stepped into a moral cosmos unlike the relativist world in which I resided.
The values of Tolkien’s world are not those of moral relativism, but those of the traditional Christian conception of courtship and romantic loyalty, in which the intimate aspects of love are treated with discretion and respect that protects their nobility.
Anti-terrorism preventative unit faces backlash after ludicrous categorization of Christian and conservative classics.
Tolkien’s most intimidating book may be his richest.
The renewed obsession with the minutiae of Tolkien’s work gives me an excuse to revisit my favorite bit of Tolkien trivia: that the Polish king’s great victory was the inspiration for Tolkien’s Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
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