Tolkien's sacramental vision
Subtitle: discerning the holy in Middle Earth
By: Craig Bernthal
Publisher: Second Spring
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Kettering, Ohio]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9781621380535
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: English Fantasy fiction; History and criticism; Middle Earth (Imaginary place); Christianity in literature; Religion; Lord of the rings (Tolkien, J. R. R.)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: J.R.R. Tolkien, Catholic novelist; title: Tolkien's mythopoetic agenda; title: The logos in St. John and Tolkien's creation of Arda; title: The Fall of Fëanor and practically everyone else; title: Frodo's baptismal career; title: "I wonder what sort of tale we've fallen into?" : reading the sacramental universe of the Lord of the Rings; title: Discernment and calling on the way to Amon Hen; title: The fellowship confirmed : Galadriel and her gifts; title: Penance, reconciliation, and their refusal; title: Tolkien's eucharistic messengers; title: The good stewards of Middle-earth.