Most people are likely aware — at least vaguely — that J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was Catholic. Fewer, perhaps, know how seriously he took his faith, in a time ...

Lewis were profound storytellers whose narrative, and their power to narrate, was enhanced by their faith. But neither is ...

Catholicism anchored Tolkien’s life and suffused his writings. “I’ve read the trilogy and The Silmarillion ten times, and I never saw anything Catholic in it.” Or, “How can he say that? The characters ...

A new book brilliantly captures what his Catholic faith meant to the author of The Lord of the Rings. I had the great privilege of reading Holly Ordway’s latest book, Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual ...

When J. R. R. Tolkien first set out to write The Lord of the Rings, he did so without intending for it to be seen in any way as a Catholic or religious book. As revealed in The Letters of J. R. R.

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

Over the Christmas and New Year's season, "The Return of the King" has been a box-office success, while the books by J.R.R. Tolkien have been rivaling the Harry Potter series in sales. While some ...

When it comes to the friendship between C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, people tend either to take their relationship for ...

A 90-minute play about two men talking through their feelings might not sound particularly gripping—thought-provoking, maybe, ...

Friendships between adult men are not always explored in literature, even if those friendships were between two giants in the ...