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Tree of Tales

Tolkien, Literature, and Theology
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This work examines the theological relationship between creation and creativity in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. It does so by bringing together a synthesis of various disciplines and perspectives to the creativity of J.R.R. Tolkien. Hart and Khovacs provide a fresh reading of these important themes in Tolkien, and the result captures the multi-faceted nature of Tolkien's own vivid theology and literary imagination.
Trevor Hart is Rector of Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, St AndrewsIvan Khovacs is Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Preface 1. Tolkien, St. Andrews, and Dragons 2. The Fairy story: J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis 3. Tolkien's Mythopoesis 4. Tolkien, Creation, and Creativity 5. Tolkien and the Future of Literary studies 6. Tolkien and the Subversion of Power 7. Tolkien's Augustinian Understanding of Good and Evil: Why The Lord of the Rings Is Not Manichean Bibliography List of contributors
A fresh and provocative literary and theological analysis of Tolkien's oeuvre. --Christopher W. Mitchell, Wade Center, Wheaton College Careful, comprehensive, and critical without being dismissive --Wesley Vander Lugt "Themelios"
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