Celebrating Middle-Earth: The Lord of the Rings as a Defense of Western CivilizationJohn G. West, Jr. Inkling Books, 2002 - 107 Seiten In Celebrating Middle-earth six writers explore the important place that J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings occupies in the literary, political and religious traditions of Western society. Those writers are: John West, Peter Kreeft, Janet Blumberg, Joseph Pearce, Kerry Dearborn and Phillip Goggans. Each discusses the deeper message beneath the story. |
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Preface | 9 |
The Lord of the Rings as a Defense of Western Civilization | 15 |
Ten Uncommon Insights about Evil | 31 |
The Literary Backgrounds of The Lord of the Rings | 53 |
The Catholicism of The Lord of the Rings | 83 |
Theology and Morality in The Lord of the Rings | 95 |
The Lord of the Rings and the Meaning of Life | 103 |
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