Born to a provincial family of wealth, status, and privilege (ca. 353) in Roman Gaul, Meropius Pontius Paulinus entered upon the career of a Roman officeholder to which this birth virtually entitled him. It was after he had returned from this Italian service to his ancestral est…
The Ring and the Cross: Christianity and the Lord of the Rings
by Hutton, Ronald, Mooney, Chris, Pearce, Joseph, Kerry, Paul E., Morillo, Stephen, Burns, Marjorie, Birzer, Bradley J., Agoy, Nils Ivar, Boffetti, Jason, Holloway, Carson L., Holmes, John R., Madsen, Catherine, Tomko, Michael, Wood, Ralph C.
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 a…
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 a…
From the publisher. The conversation, sometimes heated, about the influence of Christianity on the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien has a long history. What has been lacking is a forum for a civilized discussion about the topic, as well as a chronological overview of the major argumen…
From the publisher. The conversation, sometimes heated, about the influence of Christianity on the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien has a long history. What has been lacking is a forum for a civilized discussion about the topic, as well as a chronological overview of the major argumen…
A literary study of freethinking and religious skepticism in the English Enlightenment. Ellenzweig argues that a literature of English freethinking has been overlooked because it unexpectedly supported aspects of institutional religion. She analyzes works by, among others, John …