This work examines the theological relationship between creation and creativity in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. It does so by bringing together a synthesis of various disciplines and perspectives to the creativity of J.R.R. Tolkien. Hart and Khovacs provide a fresh reading of these important themes in Tolkien, and the result captures the multi-faceted nature of Tolkien's own vivid theology and literary imagination.
Preface
1. Tolkien, St. Andrews, and Dragons
2. The Fairy story: J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis
3. Tolkien’s Mythopoesis
4. Tolkien, Creation, and Creativity
5. Tolkien and the Future of Literary studies
6. Tolkien and the Subversion of Power
7. Tolkien’s Augustinian Understanding of Good and Evil: Why The Lord of the Rings Is Not Manichean
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List of contributors
Trevor Hart is Rector of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, St Andrews, Canon Theologian of St Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth and Honorary Professor of Divinity at the University of St Andrews.
Ivan Khovacs is Senior Lecturer at Cantebury Christ Church University.