03232nam a2200469Ka 4500 ocn750192924 OCoLC 20200709055410.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 110907s2011 nju ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9781611470642 1611470641 9781611470659 (electronic bk.) 161147065X (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)750192924 383878 (N$T) e-uk--- PR6039.O32 Z8136 2011eb LIT 004120 bisacsh 823/.912 22 N$TA The ring and the cross [electronic resource] : Christianity and the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien / edited by Paul E. Kerry. Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2011. 1 online resource (310 p.) Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : a historiography of Christian approaches to Tolkien's The lord of the rings / Paul E. Kerry -- The pagan Tolkien / Ronald Hutton -- The Christian Tolkien : a response to Ronald Hutton / Nils Ivar Agøy -- Can we still have a pagan Tolkien? : 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" : a religion as palimpsest in Tolkien's fiction / John R. Holmes -- Confronting the world's weirdness : J. R. R. Tolkien's The children of Hùrin / 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. Description based on print version record. 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. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh bisacsh Electronic books. Kerry, Paul E. Print version: Ring and the cross. Madison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2011 9781611470642 (DLC) 2010001826 (OCoLC)501180610 NetLibrary http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=383878 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50526 50526