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How Catholic is The Lord of the Rings?

2024-05-31T13:26:22+00:00

As Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings returns to movie theatres, it's time to remind ourselves of the deep Catholicism of Tolkien's epic... How Catholic is Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings? (aleteia.org) The featured images are "Lothlorian" and "Galadriel", both by Jef Murray.

How Catholic is The Lord of the Rings?2024-05-31T13:26:22+00:00

Celebrating Maurice Baring on His 150th Birthday

2024-05-30T20:53:50+00:00

The great and neglected Catholic novelist, Maurice Baring, was a great friend of G. K. Chesterton. He was also born in the same year as Chesterton, which means that we should be celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birthday together with the celebration of Chesterton's 150th birthday. Here's my celebratory tribute to him... In Praise [...]

Celebrating Maurice Baring on His 150th Birthday2024-05-30T20:53:50+00:00

Dynamic Duo: Belloc and Chesterton

2024-05-28T21:16:46+00:00

In conversation about Belloc and Chesterton, the superheroes of the Catholic Literary Revival. A dynamic duo, to be sure, but who was Batman and who was Robin? Belloc & Chesterton: Dynamic Duo - with Joseph Pearce (youtube.com)

Dynamic Duo: Belloc and Chesterton2024-05-28T21:16:46+00:00

Ad Orientem with C. S. Lewis

2024-05-27T17:54:16+00:00

Heading into Narnia's Mystic East... The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: From Fabian Socialist to Catechumen with Joseph Pearce (youtube.com) The featured image is "After the Storm" by Jef Murray.

Ad Orientem with C. S. Lewis2024-05-27T17:54:16+00:00

Brothers in Christ

2024-05-26T09:34:12+00:00

I'm honoured to share this very magnanimous review of my latest book by the indomitable and indefatigable Louis Markos... Things an Evangelical Learned From a Catholic History of Europe ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Brothers in Christ2024-05-26T09:34:12+00:00
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