Ep. 218 - Tolkien as Philologist and Oxfordian Catholic w/Dr. Yannick Imbert
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Tolkien's Mythology
Tolkien is not a theologian. He always said, no, he doesn't do theology. Good gracious, he does not theology. I don't know what it is. It's an amazing passage. So if you guys have not read on fairy stories, the first part is a bit maybe boring for someone who's not aware of what Tolkien is doing. But as he goes along, especially toward the second half of the essay, especially the conclusion, it's baptized imagination, pretty much. And that's why it's not compelling to see the comeback, because it deepens us, it resonates some truth of reality.
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