Tolkien Dogmatics

"Tolkien Dogmatics overflows with insights and is a must-read for serious students of Tolkien."--The Gospel Coalition Theology through mythology J. R. R. Tolkien was many things: English Catholic father and husband survivor of two world wars Oxford professor and author. But he was also a theologian. Tolkien's writings exhibit a coherent theology of God and his works but Tolkien did not present his views with systematic arguments. Rather he expressed theology through story. In Tolkien Dogmatics Austin M. Freeman inspects Tolkien's entire corpus--The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings and beyond--as a window into his theology. In his stories lectures and letters Tolkien creatively and carefully engaged with his Christian faith. Tolkien Dogmatics is a comprehensive manual of Tolkien's theological thought arranged in traditional systematic theology categories with sections on God revelation creation evil Christ and salvation the church and last things. Through Tolkien's imagination we reencounter our faith.