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Thinking Fellows

J.R.R. Tolkien

Thinking Fellows

1517 Podcasts

Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8869 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The Thinking Fellows discuss the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien's fantasy worlds have helped shape and define the entire fantasy genre of literature as it is read today. As a devout Roman Catholic, Tolkien kept a philosophy of religion central to his use and understanding of literature.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Thinking Fellows podcast.

0:22.2

My name is Caleb, and today I'm joined by my father, Dr. Scott Keith, and by Dr. Adam Francisco,

0:27.7

to discuss J.R.R. Tolkien today.

0:31.6

The last month or so, we have been spending time talking about sort of these great literary theologians of the 20th century, starting with C.S. Lewis in particular.

0:43.4

We did a overview of Lewis' life inspired by the docudrama, The Most Reluctant Convert, which was like a one-day, two-day special movie appearance, but it's also a screenplay, right?

0:58.8

Yep.

1:00.0

As well, I haven't seen it as a play.

1:01.9

I actually talked to somebody about the movie, and they're like, I think I've seen that play.

1:05.0

And I'm like, yeah, that would be kind of cool.

1:08.8

And then.

1:10.2

Can I butt in for a second

1:11.4

Have you heard anything

1:12.2

I thought you said last time

1:13.4

We talked

1:13.9

That you're going to check into

1:15.0

Whether it's streaming

1:16.4

If this was going to be

1:16.6

Streamed or

1:17.8

Oh yeah no I didn't do a good job

1:19.7

With checking

1:20.0

I googled it

1:21.0

And I just saw the play

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