The spiritual messages hidden inside the works of JRR Tolkien Is 'The Lord of the Rings' a Catholic epic? Some consider it a parable of the Gospels, much to the dismay of several scholars who ...

In an interview, Tolkien, while not specifically characterizing the Jews as warlike, nonetheless spoke to an explicit connection with biblical characterizations of the Jews, with the biblical narrativ ...

The New Shadow,’ which Tolkien left unfinished at his death, has a chilling warning about the dangers of historical amnesia and peacetime rot.

Morgoth and Sauron are often compared as the two big bads of The Lord of the Rings, but Sauron has one huge advantage over ...

Tolkien’s mythology is a vast, and, to the novice, incomprehensible system, which is not well understood through footnotes. Tolkien once said that his poems in Quenya, his elvish language, were ...

But Tolkien’s influence isn’t just domestic. In 2022, The Times published a fascinating analysis by Jason Horowitz of how “The Lord of the Rings” shaped the Italian prime minister Giorgia ...

Of the many ways that Tolkien’s work exemplifies the Catholic imagination, one is the relationship between the visible and the invisible.

He thought Edith was a distraction from Tolkien’s schoolwork, and he was not keen on the idea of his Roman Catholic charge being involved with an older (illegitimate) Anglican girl.

A new book brilliantly captures what his Catholic faith meant to the author of The Lord of the Rings.

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Holly Ordway’s new book, “Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography,” explores the renowned author’s Catholic faith and how it influenced his stories.