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J.R.R. Tolkien the Theologian? | Austin Freeman

Apr 25, 2023

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Introduction

2min

Tolkien Dogmatics Theology Through Mythology With the Maker of Middle Earth

3min

The Propriety of Looking to Tolkien's Fiction

2min

Tolkien's Essay on Beowulf

4min

Tolkien's Own Recorded Word

5min

The Relationship Between Middle Earth and Our World

5min

The Importance of Natural Theology in the Middle Earth

2min

The Fallacy of the Excluded Middle

2min

Tulkin and the Ainur

5min

10.

Lewis and Tolkien's Angelology

3min

11.

The Problem With Talking About Gods and Goddesses

3min

12.

Tolkien's God

5min

13.

Tolkien's Divine Cosmology

2min

14.

Tolkien's View of His Own Work

6min

15.

The Power of Beauty

5min

16.

The Beauty and the Sorrow of Tolkien

2min

17.

The Ainur Lidale

4min

18.

Wandering in Darkness by Eleanor Stump

2min

19.

The Fallacy of Secular Humanism

4min

What do Valar, Elves, and Hobbits have to do with Christian theology? According to their creator, quite a lot! Shane welcomes Dr. Austin Freeman to discuss his book, Tolkien Dogmatics: Theology through Mythology with the Maker of Middle-earth.

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