A Hobbit Journey: Discovering the Enchantment of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
Written by Matthew Dickerson
Narrated by Alan Sklar
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The Lord of the Rings trilogy has delighted millions of fans worldwide in book and movie form. With the theatrical release of the two-part film The Hobbit slated for 2012 and 2013, attention will once again turn to J. R. R. Tolkien's classic works.
In a culture where truth is relative and morality is viewed as old-fashioned, we welcome the chance to view the world through hobbit eyes: we have free will, our choices matter, and living a morally heroic life is possible.
In this engaging and thought-provoking book, Tolkien expert Matthew Dickerson shows how a Christian worldview and Christian themes under-gird Tolkien's Middle-earth writings and how they are fundamentally important to understanding his vision.
This revised and expanded edition of Following Gandalf includes new material on torture, social justice, and the importance of the body.
©2012 Matthew Dickerson (P)2012 Oasis Audio
Matthew Dickerson
Matthew T. Dickerson teaches at Middlebury College. In addition to his three-volume fantasy novel, The Daegmon War, he is also the author of two works of medieval heroic historic fiction (The Finnsburg Encounter and The Rood and the Torc) and the author or coauthor of numerous books about fantasy and mythopoeic literature. He currently lives in Vermont.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is an upgraded vesion of his previous "Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in The Lord of the Rings", with a couople of chapter more.It is well written and well documented and it is the source for many reflection on Tolkien's works.I do not agree with all the thesis, but it is a book I recomand
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