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The Silmarillion | J.R.R. Tolkien and the Catechesis on Creation
The Silmarillion | J.R.R. Tolkien and the Catechesis on Creation
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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Jan 2, 2024
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Podcast episode
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How can creation be good when sin and evil exist? Today, Dr. Dauphinais and Catholic scholar Joseph Pearce discuss The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, hearkening to the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s call for a “catechesis on creation.” They unpack how the role of music in Middle Earth’s creation story grants insight into God’s continual work of unfolding the harmony of creation, inviting us to participate in it through our creativity, and providentially operating amid the discordance of evil.
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Read the section on creation in the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Learn more from Professor Joseph Pearce on his website
Take Professor Pearce’s FREE short course on The Genius of J.R.R. Tolkien from
Resources:
Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community)
Ave Maria University website
Read the section on creation in the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Learn more from Professor Joseph Pearce on his website
Take Professor Pearce’s FREE short course on The Genius of J.R.R. Tolkien from
Released:
Jan 2, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (84)
Catholic Fantasy & the Importance of Storytelling | Tolkien, Chesterton, C.S. Lewis: Does fantasy separate us from reality? Dr. Michael Dauphinais sits down with Dr. John Jasso, Chair and Associate Professor of Communications and Literature at Ave Maria University, to discuss the importance of storytelling, using the examples of Catholic fantasy authors like J.R.R. Tolkien and G.K. Chesterton. Resources: Annunciation Circle (Ave Maria University Monthly Giving Community) Ave Maria University Website VIDEO: "Chesterton, Tolkien, and the Rhetoric of Fairyland" by Dr. John Jasso by Catholic Theology Show