J.r.r. Tolkien (christian Encounters Series)
by Mark Horne /
2011 / English / EPUB
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Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas
Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and
areas of the Church. Some are familiar faces. Others are
unexpected guests. But all, through their relationships,
struggles, prayers, and desires, uniquely illuminate our shared
experience.
Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas
Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and
areas of the Church. Some are familiar faces. Others are
unexpected guests. But all, through their relationships,
struggles, prayers, and desires, uniquely illuminate our shared
experience.
Born in South Africa and growing up in Great Britain, J.R.R.
Tolkien, or Ronald as he was known, led a young life filled with
uncertainty and instability. His was not a storybook
childhood- his father died when Ronald was three years old, and
his mother died just before he reached adolescence. Left
under the guardianship of his mother's friend and priest, Ronald
forged his closest relationships with friends who shared his love
for literature and languages.
Born in South Africa and growing up in Great Britain, J.R.R.
Tolkien, or Ronald as he was known, led a young life filled with
uncertainty and instability. His was not a storybook
childhood- his father died when Ronald was three years old, and
his mother died just before he reached adolescence. Left
under the guardianship of his mother's friend and priest, Ronald
forged his closest relationships with friends who shared his love
for literature and languages.
As Tolkien grew older, married, served as a soldier, and became a
well-respected Oxford professor publishing weighty works on
As Tolkien grew older, married, served as a soldier, and became a
well-respected Oxford professor publishing weighty works onSir Gawain and the Green Knigh
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and
t andBeowulf
Beowulf,
the Christian faith that his mother had instilled in him
continued as an intrinsic element of his creative imagination and
his everyday life.
,
the Christian faith that his mother had instilled in him
continued as an intrinsic element of his creative imagination and
his everyday life.
It was through
It was throughThe Hobbit
The Hobbit and the three-volume
and the three-volumeThe
Lord of the Rings
The
Lord of the Rings that Tolkien became a literary giant
throughout the world. In his fiction, which earned him the
informal title of "the father of modern fantasy literature,"
Tolkien presents readers with a vision of freedom- nothing
preachy- that a strong, unequivocal faith can transmit.
that Tolkien became a literary giant
throughout the world. In his fiction, which earned him the
informal title of "the father of modern fantasy literature,"
Tolkien presents readers with a vision of freedom- nothing
preachy- that a strong, unequivocal faith can transmit.
