With the words “Juvenile Trash” written boldface on the chalkboard behind her, Paige Hochschild, the chair of the Mount St. Mary’s University Department of Theology, began her lecture on “The Lord of ...

Most people are likely aware — at least vaguely — that J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was Catholic. Fewer, perhaps, know how seriously he took his faith, in a time ...

J.R.R. Tolkien, renowned Catholic writer and creator of Middle-earth, died 50 years ago this September. His books continue to captivate minds. Tolkien enthusiasts near and far continue to champion the ...

Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” marks the end (or nearly the end) of a film journey that began more than a dozen years ago and now spans six films that, when all is said ...

Catholicism anchored Tolkien’s life and suffused his writings. “I’ve read the trilogy and The Silmarillion ten times, and I never saw anything Catholic in it.” Or, “How can he say that? The characters ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. _ The late Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien, author of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings,” has experienced a new infusion of popularity with the success of the first episodes of a ...

Fantasy novel enthusiasts wish to turn the house of famed Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien in Oxford, where he wrote "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit," into a meeting place for writers, ...

In July 1916, young British signals officer J.R.R. Tolkien (Nicholas Hoult) lies extremely ill in the trenches at the Battle of the Somme in France. He is desperate for news of his dear friend, ...

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Most people are likely aware — at least vaguely — that J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings,” was Catholic. Fewer, perhaps, know how seriously he took his faith, in a ...