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Saint Augustine and J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien In 1958, at a Dutch bash held in his honor, Tolkien told his audience: “I look East, West, North, South, and I do not see Sauron. But I see that Saruman has many descendants. We Hobbits have against them no magic weapons. Yet, my gentle hobbits, I give you this toast: [...]

J.R.R. Tolkien: Myth, Morality, and Religion

By Bradley J. Birzer|2019-12-26T17:19:29-06:00September 5th, 2010|Categories: Books, Bradley J. Birzer, Culture, J.R.R. Tolkien, Literature, StAR|

Though I’ve never had the good fortune to meet Richard Purtill, I assume he must be a deeply fascinating man. In the 1950s, he traveled to England and met Frank Sheed and Maisie Ward, perhaps two of the most important figures in the twentieth-century Roman Catholic intellectual renaissance. These two did much to promote the [...]