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About this book
The works of J.R.R. Tolkien have not only redefined a genre of literature but also had a far-reaching impact on culture in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Tolkien's name has joined the ranks of authors such as Shakespeare, Milton, Dostoevsky, Donne, and Dickens who make us think differently about the world. In Theology and Tolkien: Practical Theology, an international group of scholars consider what Tolkien's works (and Jackson's film interpretations) can teach us about living out our theology in the world. From essays on Tolkien's insights into community, what we can learn about our spiritual senses from encounters with the Nazgûl, the pastoral wisdom of Treebeard, to the theological value of food-including second breakfasts-we invite you to journey with us through Middle-earth as we engage the applicability of Tolkien's works for theology and our world.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- The Shire
- Koinonia in The Lord of the Rings
- Searching for Home in Middle-earth
- Love at the Burning Edge of Doom
- “Her Heart Changed, or at Least She Understood It”
- Osgiliath
- Gandalf the Grey, Apostle to Men and Elves
- Reading Barth on Jackson’s Set
- Art and Sub-Creation
- The Culture Wars and The Lord of the Rings
- Theodicies in The Lord of the Rings
- The Greenway
- A Nutritious Reading
- Nazgûl and the Perversion of Spiritual Senses
- “Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost”
- The Doom of Elves and Men
- Thinking Like an Ent
- Ancient Literature Index
- Modern Author Index
- Subject Index
- About the Editor and Contributors