Seeking the Lord of Middle Earth

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Seeking the Lord of Middle Earth is written by Jeffrey L. Morrow and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1532600054 (ISBN 10) and 9781532600050 (ISBN 13).

J. R. R. Tolkien, the beloved author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, brings to his work a great treasure--his Christian faith. Tolkien's literary works are so popular in part because, in some sense, they pertain to the real world. This present volume is an attempt to understand better the deep Christian influences on his work but also to explore the relevance of Tolkien's work for theology today. After examining Tolkien's fiction in order better to appreciate Christian influences, this volume takes a closer look at Tolkien's theology of fantasy, his response to the more skeptical origins of religion research, and applies his work to contemporary questions about method in biblical studies. Tolkien's Christianity informed all he wrote. Moreover, his own theology of fantasy holds great promise for contemporary theology.