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Title:

The ring and the cross : Christianity and the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien / edited by Paul E. Kerry.

Publisher:

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ;

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

310 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Tolkien, J. R. R.--(John Ronald Reuel),--1892-1973--Criticism and interpretation.
Tolkien, J. R. R.--(John Ronald Reuel),--1892-1973--Religion.
Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism.
Christianity and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Christianity in literature.

Other Authors:

Kerry, Paul E.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The "last battle" as a Johannine Ragnarök : Tolkien and the universal / Bradley J. Birzer. The pagan Tolkien / Ronald Hutton -- The Christian Tolkien : a response to Ronald Hutton / Nils Ivar Agøy -- Can we still have a paganTolkien? : a reply to Nils Ivar Agøy / Ronald Hutton -- The Entwives : investigating the spiritual core of The lord of the rings / Stephen Morillo -- "Like heathen kings" : religion as palimpsest in Tolkien's fiction / John R. Holmes -- Confronting the world's weirdness : J.R.R. Tolkien's The children of Húrin / Ralph C. Wood -- Eru erased : the minimalist cosmology of The lord of the rings / Catherine Madsen -- The ring and the cross : how J. R. R. Tolkien became a Christian writer / Chris Mooney -- Redeeming sub-creation / Carson L. Holloway -- Catholic scholar, Catholic sub-creator / Jason Boffetti -- "An age comes on" : J.R.R. Tolkien and the English Catholic sense of history / Michael Tomko -- The lord of the rings and the Catholic understanding of community / Joseph Pearce -- Tracking Catholic influence in The lord of the rings / Paul E. Kerry -- Saintly and distant mothers / Marjorie Burns -- The "last battle" as a Johannine Ragnarök : Tolkien and the universal / Bradley J. Birzer.

ISBN:

0838642241 (alk. paper)
9780838642245 (alk. paper)
1611470641 (alk. paper)
9781611470642 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)501180610

LCCN:

2010001826

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)