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J. R. R. Tolkien
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35.6—Nov/Dec, 2022
The Lion, the Witch & the Warthog
on Enjoying Books Aloud, Alone & at Parties
35.4—Jul/Aug, 2022
A Good Reason for the Appearance of Tolkien's Obvious Misfit
34.6—Nov/Dec, 2021
on Experiencing Grief at Christmastime
34.6—Nov/Dec, 2021
How to Restore & Transcend the Middle Ages
34.6—Nov/Dec, 2021
on Refusing a Pinch of Incense to Imperial Progressivism
34.5—Sept/Oct, 2021
Reading Beowulf, Magnifying Christ
What Tolkien Taught Me About the Gospels
32.2—March/April, 2019
Why Tolkien's Middle-earth Table Manners Matter Today
31.6—November/December, 2018
30.5—Sept/Oct, 2017
How Tolkien's Lord of the Rings Saved Me
28.5—Sept/Oct, 2015
Christian Heroism & Humility in the Work of J. R. R. Tolkien
26.6—Nov/Dec, 2013
on Why Peter Jackson Was Unable to Film Tolkien's Moral Tale
24.4—July/August, 2011
on the Pentecostalism of Tolkien’s Inspired Heroes
22.8—November/December, 2009
Mere Humanity: G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkien On the
Human Condition
by Donald T. Williams
15.8—October, 2002
The Subversion of Middle-Earth
Tolkien’s Symphony of Virtue Meets Hollywood
15.1—January/February, 2002
J. R. R. Tolkien & the Marks of Christian Heroism
15.1—January/February, 2002
Divine Providence in The Lord of the Rings
15.1—January/February, 2002
J. R. R. Tolkien & the Four Loves
15.1—January/February, 2002
The Hidden Presence of Tolkien's Catholicism in The Lord of the Rings
15.1—January/February, 2002
The Distant Mirror of Middle-Earth
The Sacramental Vision of J. R. R. Tolkien
15.1—January/February, 2002
Tolkien: A Celebration
edited by Joseph Pearce
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14.6—July/August 2001
The Transformed Relics of the Fall
on the Fulfillment of History in Christ by Patrick Henry Reardon
8.4—Fall 1995
The Demise of Biblical Preaching
Distortions of the Gospel and its Recovery by Donald G. Bloesch
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