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Eru will enter Eä: The Creational-Eschatological Hope of J.R.R. Tolkien
- Author(s):
- Yannick Imbert (see profile)
- Date:
- 2015
- Subject(s):
- Literature, Ecology, Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274, Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973, Literature--Study and teaching
- Item Type:
- Abstract
- Tag(s):
- Environment, Literature and environment, Thomas Aquinas, Tolkien studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/drcr-kx25
- Abstract:
- This paper aims to demonstrate that Tolkien's hope for a future restoration of nature rests upon a fundamentally Catholic understanding of nature and history, and more precisely Thomistic. To do so, the paper will first look at central aspects of this future « natural hope » in Tolkien's works. References to Christopher Tolkien's History of Middle-Earth will serve to underline Tolkien's conception of what theologians call “eschatological hope.”
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- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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