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Peter Jackson's Film Version Of The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, And The Accompanying Proliferation Of Rings-related Paraphernalia, Has Once Again Brought The Work Of J.r.r. Tolkien To A Popular Audience. There Are, However, Few Full And Accessible Treatments Of The Religious Vision Permeating Tolkien's Influential Works. Bradley Birzer Has Remedied That With His Fresh Study, J.r.r. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-earth. In It Birzer Explicates The Religious Symbolism And Significance Of Tolkien's Middle-earth Stories. More Broadly, Birzer Situates Tolkien Within The Christian Humanist Tradition Represented By Thomas More And T.s. Eliot, Dante And C.s. Lewis. He Argues That Through The Genre Of Myth Tolkien Is Able To Provide A Sophisticated--and Appealing--social And Ethical World View. Foreword / Joseph Pearce -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Life And Work Of J.r.r. Tolkien -- Myth And Sub-creation -- The Created Order -- Heroism -- The Nature Of Evil -- Middle-earth And Modernity -- Conclusion : The Nature Of Grace Proclaimed. Foreword / Joseph Pearce -- The Life And Work Of J. R. R. Tolkien -- Myth And Sub-creation -- The Created Order -- Heroism -- The Nature O

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Author
Bradley J. Birzer
Publisher
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Published
2003
Language
EN
ISBN
9781882926848
Category
religious
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, History
Rating
4.09 / 5 (30 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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