"But Grace is Not Infinite": Tolkien's Explorations of Nature and Grace in His Catholic Context

Authors

Phillip Irving Mitchell, Dallas Baptist University, TXFollow

Abstract

Adds to our understanding of Tolkien’s created theology and the place of Faerie in his sub-creation by examining contemporary real world theological debates which might have influenced his thinking, including discussions of the supernatural like Pius XII’s 1950 encyclical Humani Generis.

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