“The Mystical Face of Fairy-stories: Tolkien and the Use of Allegory in Fantasy”
My 2023 essay from the Journal of Inklings Studies Special Supplement
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Upcoming events of note & the Oxford Tolkien Network
"What Makes a Novel Christian?" at Pusey House, Oxford, the Oxford CS Lewis Society, and the Undiscovered CS Lewis Conference
"An essential volume in Tolkien studies": Hammond & Scull's review of Tolkien's Faith
And taking a delightful plunge into discussions of Tolkien's Greatest Characters
"Tolkien in His Contemporary Context: Among the Oratorians and Jesuits"
Full text of my chapter in "Tolkien Among the Theologians" (Walking Tree, 2025)
Paris Conference Report: The Christian Consonance of Middle-earth
A multilingual feast of scholarship and art
"What Did Tolkien Really Think About Narnia?"
My keynote from the Undiscovered CS Lewis Conference is now available on the CS Lewis Initiative's new YouTube channel: other keynotes to follow!
"Tolkien as Interpreter and Transformer of Culture: The Making of The Lord of the Rings as a Modern Book"
My lecture for the Oxford University seminar series celebrating the 70th anniversary of the publication of The Lord of the Rings
My spring speaking-schedule: Oxford CS Lewis Society, HCU's Tolkien conference in March, & Massachusetts in April
Plus a last-minute CFP on Tolkien and a bookshop you will be glad to know about
Starting a Substack Newsletter
This issue: my contribution to a new volume of collected essays on Lewis's Ransom Trilogy