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J.R.R. Tolkien

Science Corner: Portrait of an Emerging Scholar

May 15, 2019 by Andy Walsh No Comments

B & W Photo of J. R. R. Tolkien in his army uniform

We wander a bit outside the usual science themes, but we are not lost; we are with Tolkien.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Science and Faith Tagged With: fellowship, Fellowship of the Ring, film, J.R.R. Tolkien, science, science corner

Book Review: The Fellowship

January 8, 2016 by Bob Trube No Comments

The Fellowship traces the literary lives of the four principle Inklings (Lewis, Tolkien, Barfield, and Williams) the literary club they formed and its impact on literature, faith, and culture.

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Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion Tagged With: Book Review, C. S. Lewis, Carol Zaleski, charles williams, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Owen Barfield, Oxford, The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the INKLINGS, The Inklings

Scholar’s Compass: Myth Made Fact

February 12, 2015 by David Russell Mosley 1 Comment

I love reading fairy-tales and fantasy. That’s probably become evident from the very first devotion looking at creativity according to Milbank. There is a good chance that part of my love of these stories from the Perilous Realm, as Tolkien calls it, comes from my upbringing.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: creativity, Faërie, gospel, J.R.R. Tolkien, Scholar's Compass, Tree and Leaf

Scholar’s Compass: The Fantastic and the Real

February 8, 2015 by David Russell Mosley No Comments

David Russell Mosley continues a three part series exploring how human creativity participates in God’s creativity.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: creativity, Faërie, J.R.R. Tolkien, King Arthur, Scholar's Compass, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Tree and Leaf

Scholar’s Compass: Creativity as Gift

February 5, 2015 by David Russell Mosley 2 Comments

Today, David Russell Mosley begins a three part series exploring how human creativity participates in God’s creativity, a subject he explores as a scholar of theology and writer of poetry.

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: creativity, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Milbank, Scholar's Compass

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