Light Beyond All Shadow: Religious Experience in Tolkien's Work

by Matthew Dickerson, Anne C. Petty, John Warwick Montgomery, et al.

Book Overview

What forms can religious experience take in a world without cult or creed? Organized religion is notably absent from J. R. R. Tolkien's Secondary Universe of elves, dwarves, men and hobbits despite the author's own deep Catholic faith. Tolkien stated that his goal was 'sub-creating' a universe whose natural form of religion would not directly contradict Catholic theology. Essays in Light Beyond All Shadows examine the full sweep of Tolkien's legendarium,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611476224
• ISBN13: 9781611476224
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"