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Tolkien's Angel

The vision that comforted the author of 'Lord of the Rings.'

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The Bible As 'The Ultimate Fairy Tale'

A Tolkien expert explains how for the creator of hobbits, a tree was never just a tree.

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The Lord of the Rings

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Christ as the Elf-King

Tolkien's essay 'On Fairy Tales' casts the Gospel in terms of true myth

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Spoiler Alert: Is the ending of 'Return of the King' Tolkienly-Correct?

Our experts' views on whether Frodo is too much the hero at Mt. Doom

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The Cosmic Drama of 'Lord of the Rings'

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Indelible Inklings

To C.S. Lewis's set, myth was not escapism, but a portal to a deeper reality

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Creating 'Narnia'

C.S. Lewis's stepson describes how the Chronicles of Narnia came to be--and the legacy his stepfather left him, and all of us.

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Tolkien's Writing Has Religious Ring

Philosophers are drawing connections between the Lord of the Rings novels and the imaginative truth of religion.

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In Legends or Upon Green Grass?

Tolkien, Mythmaking, and the Bible

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