Ralph Wood

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  Flannery OConnor And The Christ Haunted South

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  This is an excellent and lucid study of O’Connor’s theological and cultural convictions, with a study of the grotesque in her work as well as an elegant exploration of O’Connor as an engimatic Southern writer.

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  Gospel According To Tolkien

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  1. Great Symphony Of The Creation
  2. The Calamity Of Evil: The Marriage Of The Divine Harmony
  3. The Counter-Action To Evil: Tolkien’s Vision Of The Moral Life
  4. The Lasting Corrective: Tolkien’s Vision Of The Redeemed Life
  5. Consummation: When Middle-Earth Shall Be Unmarred

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  In this accessible and engaging book, Ralph Wood shows us that J. R. R. Tolkien’s masterpiece is a deeply Christian work because it does not blink back the horrors of our terrible times but confronts them with startling honesty. Readers keep turning to this work because here they are immersed in significance and meaning – perceiving the Hope that can be found amidst despair; the Charity that overcomes vengeance; and the Faith that springs from the strange power of weakness.

  The Gospel According to Tolkien will be loved by both long-time Tolkien fans and those recently drawn to his books through the popular feature films.

  Readers have repeatedly called The Lord of the Rings the most important book of our age–absorbing all 1,500 of its pages with an almost fanatical interest and seeing the Peter Jackson movies in unprecedented numbers. Readers from ages 8 to 80 keep turning to Tolkien because here, in this magical kingdom, they are immersed in depth after depth of significance and meaning–perceiving the Hope that can be found amidst despair, the Charity that overcomes vengeance, and the Faith that springs from the strange power of weakness. The Gospel According to Tolkien examines biblical and Christian themes that are found in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. Follow Ralph Wood as he takes us through the theological depths of Tolkien’s literary legacy.

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