J.R.R. Tolkien - Myth, Morality, And Religion

J.R.R. Tolkien Myth, Morality, And Religion
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Author: Format: ISBN: H x W: Manufacturer: Date: Pages:	Richard Purtill Soft Cover 0-89870-948-2 8" (20.3 cm) x 5 1/4" (13.3 cm) Ignatius Press 2003 223

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Here is an in-depth look at the role myth, mortality, and religion play in J.R.R. Tolkien's works such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion including Tolkien's private letters and revealing opinions of his own work. Richard L. Purtill brilliantly argues that Tolkien's extraordinary ability to touch his readers' lives through his storytelling so unlike much modern literature-accounts for his enormous literary success.

This book demonstrates the moral depth in Tolkien's work and cuts through current subjectivism and cynicism about morality. A careful reader will find a subtle religious dimension to Tolkien's work-all the more potent because it is below the surface. Purtill reveals that the author's fantasy stories creatively incorporate profound religious and ethical ideas. For example, Purtill shows us how hobbits reflect both the pettiness of parochial humanity and the unexpected heroism of ordinary people in crisis.

Purtill effectively addresses larger issues of the place of myth, the relation of religion and morality to literature, the relation of Tolkien's work to traditional mythology, and the lessons Tolkien's work teaches for our own lives.

"Richard Purtill is both a clear and commonsensical philosopher and an accomplished fantasy writer. Discovering him is like meeting Strider in the Inn at Bree: we have found a Ranger, a reliable guide through Middleearth." -Peter Kreeft, Author, C. S. Lewis for the Third Millenium

Richard Purtill is the author of nineteen books, including C. S. Lewis's Case for the Christian Faith, Lord of the Elves and Eldils and six novels.

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