Medievalists.net » Eucatastrophe http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 “Far-off gleams of evangelium” : a study of how J. R. R. Tolkien’s The lord of the rings reflects the biblical “Kingdom of Heaven” http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/far-off-gleams-of-evangelium-a-study-of-how-j-r-r-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings-reflects-the-biblical-kingdom-of-heaven/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/far-off-gleams-of-evangelium-a-study-of-how-j-r-r-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings-reflects-the-biblical-kingdom-of-heaven/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:09:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37943 The findings of this thesis confirm that the values of LOTR and the Kingdom are notably similar, and that the reader of LOTR does indeed derive from it an experience of what the Kingdom ideally is. But all this is “under the surface”, and Tolkien did not impose his Christianity.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/far-off-gleams-of-evangelium-a-study-of-how-j-r-r-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings-reflects-the-biblical-kingdom-of-heaven/feed/ 0 Recreating Beowulf’s “Pregnant Moment of Poise”: Pagan Doom and Christian Eucatastrophe Made Incarnate in the Dark Age Setting of The Lord of the Rings http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/04/recreating-beowulfs-pregnant-moment-of-poise-pagan-doom-and-christian-eucatastrophe-made-incarnate-in-the-dark-age-setting-of-the-lord-of-the-rings/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/05/04/recreating-beowulfs-pregnant-moment-of-poise-pagan-doom-and-christian-eucatastrophe-made-incarnate-in-the-dark-age-setting-of-the-lord-of-the-rings/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 00:40:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=31533 The following chapters will explore how Tolkien fuses themes and imagery from the pagan Norse apocalyptic myth of Ragnarök with Christian apocalyptic imagery and themes in a recreated Dark Age historical setting to create The Lord of the Rings.

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