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In this episode, we’re taking a quick break from The Fall of Númenor to review the new edition of The Letters of JRR Tolkien, released just last week!
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- Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien
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AS WELL AS THOSE CELEBRATING THEIR PATRON ANNIVERSARY IN NOVEMBER OF 2023
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0268 » The Goblin Wars!!!
In this episode, we’re concluding our two part journey through Tolkien’s Letters from Father Christmas, focusing on The Goblin Wars! Join us as we explore how the “Other Fellowship” of Father Nicholas Christmas, the North Polar Bear, the Red Gnomes, and others join forces to save Christmas!
0267 » Letters from Father Christmas
In this episode, we’re taking a look back at our series on Tolkien’s Letters from Father Christmas, a compilation of Christmas-themed legends he wrote for his young children from 1920 thru 1943. These letters are a ton of fun, so we’re excited to revisit them with you. We’ll hope you’ll join us and get into the Christmas spirit!
0255 – Lord of the Rings “Religious and Catholic” » What Did Tolkien Mean?
Join us as we explore Tolkien’s famous and controversial proclamation that Lord of the Rings is “fundamentally religious and Catholic”. Just what did he mean by that? How much does it matter for deepening our appreciation of Lord of the Rings and of Middle-earth?
CONTENT
– Disclaimer for the Non-Religious » 1:55
– Fr Robert Murray » 6:25
– The Letter » 12:26
– “The order of Grace” » 21:14
– Mary = “All my perception of beauty” » 29:28
– “A fundamentally religious and Catholic work” » 32:19
– “Unconsciously at first / Consciously in the revision” » 36:27
0199 – Tolkien the Anarchist – Pt 2
“I must admit that I smiled a kind of sickly smile . . . when I heard of that bloodthirsty old murderer Josef Stalin inviting
0198 – Tolkien the Anarchist – Pt 1
“My political opinions lean more and more to Anarchy…” – Tolkien Though not a particularly political person, Tolkien expressed some very interesting political views in
0196 – Tolkien vs the Nazis
Tolkien lived in one of the greatest periods of upheaval, strife, and societal change in human history: from 1914 through 1945, the world seemed to
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Her last name is pronounced soobeeroo (silent s).