430: Tolkien - The Journey Through the Desert: The Lenten Quest

Lent in Middle-earth. In this episode, we discuss the Lenten subtext, language, and images in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Return of the King." What can Christians learn from fiction authors about the faith, devotional reading, understanding the world outside the churches through the view of the cross, and how all of reality is bent towards Easter at all times, in all places, by all people?

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The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis https://a.co/d/0i6hb3bz 

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