Tolkien's Modern Reading (Holly Ordway)

C.S. Lewis had many friends...the most famous was J.R.R. Tolkien, whom he worked with for many years at Oxford University. Just as with Lewis, there are many misconceptions about Tolkien. One is that he "read very little modern fiction, and took no serious notice of it." Dr. Holly Ordway has studied the issue for many years and discovered Tolkien was much more aware of modern culture and the inspiration for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings was not only medieval. She joined William O'Flaherty for a podcast interview to share her insightful findings. Dr. Lisa Coutras also joined the show to help with co-hosting.

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• Purchase Tolkien's Modern Reading via Amazon
• Purchase Tolkien's Modern Reading via the Publisher (and see Holly's videos)
• LISTEN to Apologetics and the Christian Imagination INTERVIEW
• LISTEN to Not God's Type INTERVIEW
• Hear Holly as a Guest on Some of the Essay Chats Series
• Learn More About Lisa Coutras
• Purchase Lisa's book Tolkien’s Theology of Beauty
• Listen to All About Jack on iTunes
• Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell
• Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com
• 90 Seconds to Knowing C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL 
• Visit EssentialCSLewis.com
• Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis