Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography Gifts for Him Engaging the Doctrine of the

Engaging the Doctrine of the Church is the seventh volume in Matthew Levering’s acclaimed “Engaging the Doctrine” series

Stephanie Gray Connors engages both the mind and the heart in answering these increasingly urgent questions

is a gritty mystery set in a modern world fathomed with psychological depth

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Drawing from ancient classics like the Odyssey and the Aeneid and medieval masterpieces like Beowulf and the Divine Comedy

Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography Gifts for Him Engaging the Doctrine of theTolkien described The Lord of the Rings as a fundamentally religious and Catholic work and declared, I am a Christian (which can be deduced from my stories). Yet he insisted his writings were not allegories, and Middle earth is loved by millions who do not share his religious beliefs. How were his faith and his fiction related? Holly Ordway answers that question biographically, focusing on Tolkiens spiritual development, a dramatic story that previous