Can myths and fairy stories help us to better understand reality? Today, Dr. Michael Dauphinais and Catholic academic Joseph Pearce discuss J.R.R. Tolkien’s essay On Fairy Stories. Guided by Tolkien’s work, their conversation explores the rationality of story, the actual definition of myth, and the transformative effect that fairy worlds have on our hearts and minds.

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From the Catholic Theology Show archives: The Theology of Tolkien | The One Ring and Redemption with Joseph Pearce

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The Wisdom of Fairyland w/ Joseph Pearce