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Interview with Author Joseph Pearce on "Lord of the Rings" - Zenit

Catholic convert Joseph Pearce is author of two popular books on J.R.R. Tolkien, Tolkien: Man and Myth and Tolkien: A Celebration (both Ignatius Press). With the film release of Lord of the Rings scheduled for next month, Pearce mused about Tolkien (1892-1973) and his work in this interview with ZENIT. Email This Article

Introduction to G.K. Chesterton - EDWARD PETER

Chesterton is often called the most quoted man in English; he was certainly one of the most prolific. Email This Article

Introduction to Paul Horgan's Things As They Are - George Weigel

Although my years at Baltimore's St. Paul Latin High School coincided with the cultural meltdown of the Age of Aquarius, I was happily spared the kind of English-class reading lists with which students (and parents) are now afflicted. Email This Article

Invasion of the Imagination - Michael D. O'Brien

For all those teachers and parents who feel uneasy-without quite know why-about the whole genre of modern children's fantasy, i.e. Goosebumps, Fear Street, and the Dune novels, here is Michael O'Brien's incisive analysis... Email This Article

Ireland's Secret - CARSON DALY

Alice Taylor is one of Ireland's best-kept secrets. Although the fifty-eight-year-old housewife from County Cork is well known in her own country as the author of To School Through the Fields, the best-selling book in Ireland's history, most Americans have never heard of her or of her runaway bestseller. Email This Article

Is Harry Potter Good for Our Kids? - Vivian W. Dudro

Of course, all great literature illustrates the dark side of human existence; however, the best authors do not intend darkness itself as entertainment. Email This Article

Is Music Sacred? - ROBERT R. REILLY

As the most immaterial art, music is often thought to be the most spiritual. By its nature, is music sacred? If so, what is sacred about it? Email This Article

I’m Enchanted - Frederica Mathewes-Green

I’m going to try not to gush, but it’s hard when a movie is this delightful. Email This Article

J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth - Bradley Birzer

In his writings and in his life, J.R.R. Tolkien believed that true myth allows us to see things as they were meant to be, prior to the Fall. Email This Article

J.R.R. Tolkien: Lord of the Imagination - The Irish Family

"The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work," wrote Tolkien, "unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is why I have not put in, or have cut out, practically all references to anything like "religion", to cults or practices, in the Imaginary world. For the religious element is absorbed into the story and the symbolism." Email This Article

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