The Amazon Prime streaming service recently released the new series The Wheel of Time, the highly anticipated adaptation of the influential fantasy novels by the late Robert Jordan. Having watched the first few episodes, I […]
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Throughout much of Tolkien’s legendarium, there are many women who can be seen as representing the Blessed Virgin Mary. These characters include Arwen, the daughter of Elrond; Eowyn the niece
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https://anchor.fm/voyagepodcast/episodes/The-Voyage-Blog-cast-Christian-symbolism-in-Robert-E–Howards-first-Conan-the-Barbarian-tale-e2b52m5 Like J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard was among a handful of twentieth century writers whose work redefined fantasy. In particular, Howard is often credited as the father of the
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October 13 is the anniversary of the “day that the Sun danced.” In 1917, having promised a miracle at end of her apparitions to Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto and
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Though intended for a juvenile audience, with an extra dollop of whimsy mingled with eucatastrophic reality, The Hobbit presents an adventure whose protagonist is motivated by moral reasoning, rather than
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Like J.R.R. Tolkien’s magnum opus, The Lord of the Rings, his prequel, The Hobbit, is a “fundamentally religious and Catholic work”[1] that is saturated with Christian elements and offers a
A Call to Adventure: Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ and the Christian Story Read More »
As a Middle-earth aficionado, I have read J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. While these books are creative and profound, my personal favorite Tolkien work [so far this
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One of the most intriguing aspects of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is his choice of the ring bearer. Tolkien had many characters to choose from, especially among
Hobbits, and how God uses the “small” and “insignificant” for his plans Read More »
J.R.R. Tolkien began The Lord of the Rings as a sequel to his smash-hit fantasy novel The Hobbit. The new book soon took on a life of its own, becoming
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In a previous article for this blog, I mentioned that I’ve been making my way through The Dragonriders of Pern, Anne McCaffrey’s expansive series of science-fantasy novels. The planet of
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