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Christian History, Spring 2003
Tolkien: Man Behind the Myth
At odds with his age, he created another.
by Bradley J. Birzer
Good and Evil in Middle-earth
The characters are mythic, but the epic sweeps across a Christian moral landscape.
by Ralph C. Wood
Meeting Professor Tolkien
An American professor spent a summer with Tolkien. He remembers the man, his faith, and his writings.
by Clyde S. Kilby
The Christian Humanists
Tolkien joined these authors in countering the decadence of a dark century.
by Joseph Pearce
One Truth, Many Tales
How did Tolkien's approach to writing for a secularizing world compare with those of his contemporaries?
by David Mills
Sacramental Imagination
Catholicism anchored Tolkien's life and suffused his writings.
by Thomas Howard
Gallery: The Inklings
Tolkien relished his weekly meetings with this club of remarkable friends.
by Jennifer Lynn Woodruff, Thomas Howard, and Edwin Tait
Tollers & Jack
Tolkien and Lewis made an odd couple, but they contributed profoundly to each other's work.
by Colin Duriez
Hobbits & Englishmen
His were small people surmounting impossible odds.
by Humphrey Carpenter
Father of Epic Fantasy
Scores of authors have paid Tolkien the highest homage—imitation.
by Aaron Belz
An Unexpected Party
Tolkien found himself, in the 1960s, hosting a growing American fan club.
by Michael Foster
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