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Here Tolkien states, in indirect form, one of the deepest of Christian truths: all love that is not ordered to the love of God turns into hatred.

Ralph C. Wood

Here Tolkien states, in indirect form, one of the deepest of Christian truths: all love that is not ordered to the love of God turns into hatred.

Sam Gamgee is the ultimate hero of The Lord of the Rings because he is the ultimate servant.

Ralph C. Wood

Sam Gamgee is the ultimate hero of The Lord of the Rings because he is the ultimate servant.

About Author
Ralph C. Wood is a scholar of theology and English literature, with a special interest in Christian writers, mainly of fiction, including J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, Gerard Manley Hopkins, George Herbert, and Dorothy Sayers.

To console Pippin about the treachery of Gollum, Gandalf reminds him that a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend (3.89).

Ralph C. Wood

To console Pippin about the treachery of Gollum, Gandalf reminds him that a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend (3.89).

Tolkien reveals that our personalities take on the quality of our acts. Outward behavior manifests inward convictions, whether for good or ill. The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produ...

Ralph C. Wood

Tolkien reveals that our personalities take on the quality of our acts. Outward behavior manifests inward convictions, whether for good or ill. The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produ...

Tolkien understands the odd danger posed by virtue cut off from the Good. Over and again, he demonstrates his fundamental conviction that evil preys upon our virtues far more than our vices. Our very...

Ralph C. Wood

Tolkien understands the odd danger posed by virtue cut off from the Good. Over and again, he demonstrates his fundamental conviction that evil preys upon our virtues far more than our vices. Our very...

What makes Galadriel such a remarkable figure is her serenity amidst the coming defeat of her realm and her people. Far from resigning herself to any sort of fatalism, she desires only that the ought...

Ralph C. Wood

What makes Galadriel such a remarkable figure is her serenity amidst the coming defeat of her realm and her people. Far from resigning herself to any sort of fatalism, she desires only that the ought...

[I]f you live today you breathe in nihilism. In or out of the Church it's the gas you breathe. If I hadn't had the Church to fight it with or to tell me the necessity of fighting it, I would be the st...

Ralph C. Wood

[I]f you live today you breathe in nihilism. In or out of the Church it's the gas you breathe. If I hadn't had the Church to fight it with or to tell me the necessity of fighting it, I would be the st...

Satirical against those who called him an escapist for creating the fantastic world of Middle-earth: The notion that motor-cars are more `alive' than, say, centaurs or dragons is curious; that they ar...

Ralph C. Wood

Satirical against those who called him an escapist for creating the fantastic world of Middle-earth: The notion that motor-cars are more `alive' than, say, centaurs or dragons is curious; that they ar...

To shrink the circle of intimate community to the smallest possible circumference. This is the spoiling of faithful friendship.

Ralph C. Wood

To shrink the circle of intimate community to the smallest possible circumference. This is the spoiling of faithful friendship.