Tree of Tales

Tolkien, Literature, and Theology

Buch | Hardcover

144 Seiten

2020
Baylor University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4813-1467-1 (ISBN)

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Examines the theological relationship between creation and creativity in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Hart and Khovacs provide a fresh reading of important themes in Tolkien, and the result captures the multi-faceted nature of the author's own vivid theology and literary imagination.

This work examines the theological relationship between creation and creativity in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. It does so by bringing together a synthesis of various disciplines and perspectives to the creativity of J.R.R. Tolkien. Hart and Khovacs provide a fresh reading of these important themes in Tolkien, and the result captures the multi-faceted nature of Tolkien's own vivid theology and literary imagination.

Trevor Hart is Rector of Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, St AndrewsIvan Khovacs is Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Preface
1. Tolkien, St. Andrews, and Dragons
2. The Fairy story: J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis
3. Tolkien's Mythopoesis
4. Tolkien, Creation, and Creativity
5. Tolkien and the Future of Literary studies
6. Tolkien and the Subversion of Power
7. Tolkien's Augustinian Understanding of Good and Evil: Why The Lord of the Rings Is Not Manichean
Bibliography
List of contributors

Erscheinungsdatum	15.01.2021
Zusatzinfo	hardcover does not include jacket
Verlagsort	Waco
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Gebete / Lieder / Meditationen
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4813-1467-X / 148131467X
ISBN-13	978-1-4813-1467-1 / 9781481314671
Zustand	Neuware