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Discover the truth about J.R.R. Tolkien’s deep Catholicism and his broad literary influences. Read C.S. Lewis’s most admired work alongside groundbreaking new commentary.
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Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography
By Holly Ordway
Word on Fire Academic | September 2, 2023
Hardcover | 532 Pages | 6” x 9”
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Tolkien described The Lord of the Rings as “a fundamentally religious and Catholic work” and declared, “I am a Christian (which can be deduced from my stories).” Yet he insisted his writings were not allegories, and Middle-earth is loved by millions who do not share his religious beliefs. How were his faith and his fiction related? Holly Ordway answers this question biographically, focusing on Tolkien’s spiritual development, a dramatic story that previous accounts of his life have left largely unexplored.
Tolkien’s Modern Reading: Middle-earth Beyond the Middle Ages
By Holly Ordway
Word on Fire Academic | January 25, 2021
Hardcover | 532 Pages | 6” x 9”
Retail Price: $29.95 $22.16 (26% OFF)
Tolkien’s Modern Reading addresses the claim that Tolkien “read very little modern fiction, and took no serious notice of it.” In fact, as Holly Ordway demonstrates in this major corrective, Tolkien enjoyed a broad range of contemporary works, engaged with them in detail and depth, and even named specific titles as sources for and influences upon his creation of Middle-earth.
The Abolition of Man
By C.S. Lewis
Paperback | 113 Pages | 5” x 7.5”
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In The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis sets out to persuade his audience of the importance and relevance of universal values such as courage and honor in contemporary society. Both astonishing and prophetic, this book is one of the most debated of Lewis's extraordinary works.
After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man
By Michael Ward
Word on Fire Academic | June 23, 2021
Hardcover | 253 Pages | 6"x9"
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After Humanity is a guide to one of C.S. Lewis’s most widely admired but least accessible works, The Abolition of Man. Michael Ward sheds much-needed light on this important but difficult work, explaining both its general academic context and the particular circumstances in Lewis’s life that helped give rise to it, including his front-line service in the trenches of the First World War.
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About Tolkien’s Faith
By Holly Ordway
Word on Fire Academic | September 2, 2023
Hardcover | 532 Pages | 6” x 9”
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Tolkien described The Lord of the Rings as “a fundamentally religious and Catholic work” and declared, “I am a Christian (which can be deduced from my stories).” Yet he insisted his writings were not allegories, and Middle-earth is loved by millions who do not share his religious beliefs.
How were his faith and his fiction related? Holly Ordway answers this question biographically, focusing on Tolkien’s spiritual development, a dramatic story that previous accounts of his life have left largely unexplored.
What You’ll Learn and Find
- A long-overdue spiritual biography that gives new insight into Tolkien's works by shedding fresh light on his deepest-held convictions.
- Tolkien’s faith and fiction are intimately related, though in subtle and complex ways
- The history of Tolkien's hard-won faith, conversion to Catholicism and friendship with contemporary and friend C.S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia)
“Holly Ordway brilliantly illuminates the life of faith that was vital to Tolkien as an individual and as creator of Middle-earth. Besides giving rich insight into the implications of his belief, Tolkien’s Faith reveals the everyday rhythms of his religious life and opens up new and busily peopled vistas in the familiar biographical landscape. This is an enlightening and highly readable biography, meticulously researched and measured in judgement. I’ve learned far more reading it than I even realized I needed to learn, and I commend it to anyone who wants to understand Tolkien in the round.”
— John Garth, award-winning author of Tolkien and the Great War and The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien
Why you should read these 4 books:
In Tolkien’s Faith
- A long-overdue spiritual biography that gives new insight into Tolkien's works by shedding fresh light on his deepest-held convictions
- Tolkien’s faith and fiction are intimately related, though in subtle and complex ways.
- The history of Tolkien's hard-won faith, conversion to Catholicism and friendship with C.S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia)
In Tolkien’s Modern Reading
- Tolkien’s genius was not simply backward-looking: it was intimately connected with the literature of his own time and concerned with the issues and crises of modernity.
- A clearer understanding of Tolkien’s epic and illuminating views on topics such as technology, empire, and race
In the After Humanity bundle
- FREE copy of The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis, which he characterized as “almost my favourite among my books.”
- Lewis's engaging writing style accompanies an exploration of the importance of objective moral values and warning against their abandonment in society.
-
Despite its mid-20th century origins, The Abolition of Man remains a must-read book—full of relevant ethical and philosophical themes.
- After Humanity by Michael Ward is a guide to The Abolition of Man, with clear commentary explaining C.S. Lewis's complex concepts to a broad audience.
-
After Humanity provides general academic context and the particular circumstances in Lewis’s life that helped give rise to The Abolition of Man.
About Tolkien’s Modern Reading: Middle-earth Beyond the Middle Ages
By Holly Ordway
Word on Fire Academic | January 25, 2021
Hardcover | 532 Pages | 6” x 9”
Retail Price: $29.95 $22.16 (21% OFF)
Tolkien’s Modern Reading addresses the claim that Tolkien “read very little modern fiction, and took no serious notice of it.” In fact, as Holly Ordway demonstrates in this major corrective, Tolkien enjoyed a broad range of contemporary works, engaged with them in detail and depth, and even named specific titles as sources for and influences upon his creation of Middle-earth.
What You’ll Learn and Find
- Tolkien’s genius was not simply backward-looking: it was intimately connected with the literature of his own time and concerned with the issues and crises of modernity.
- A clearer understanding of Tolkien’s epic and illuminating views on topics such as technology, empire, and race
“In this important book, Ordway enhances our notions of influence and enriches our understanding of Tolkien’s life and work. Supple prose; a strong, clear voice; inspiring breadth; genuine insight. Tolkien’s Modern Reading addresses and corrects a multitude of misguided and outdated notions. It is a welcome, even remarkable, achievement.”
— Diana Pavlac Glyer, Professor of English at Azusa Pacific University and author of The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien as Writers in Community
About the Author of Tolkien’s Faith and Tolkien’s Modern Reading
Here’s What People are Saying...
“Holly Ordway brilliantly illuminates the life of faith that was vital to Tolkien as an individual and as creator of Middle-earth. Besides giving rich insight into the implications of his belief, Tolkien’s Faith reveals the everyday rhythms of his religious life and opens up new and busily peopled vistas in the familiar biographical landscape. This is an enlightening and highly readable biography, meticulously researched and measured in judgement. I’ve learned far more reading it than I even realized I needed to learn, and I commend it to anyone who wants to understand Tolkien in the round.”
— John Garth, award-winning author of Tolkien and the Great War and The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien
“In this important book, Ordway enhances our notions of influence and enriches our understanding of Tolkien's life and work. Supple prose; a strong, clear voice; inspiring breadth; genuine insight. Tolkien's Modern Reading addresses and corrects a multitude of misguided and outdated notions. It is a welcome, even remarkable, achievement.”
— Diana Pavlac Glyer, Professor of English at Azusa Pacific University and author of The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien as Writers in Community
“Michael Ward's thorough commentary will long remain the essential companion to The Abolition of Man. His exegesis and analysis, including his own insights and the best from other commentators, show how Lewis's classic still speaks to questions of finding moral principles in our 'post-truth' era.”
— George Marsden, author of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity: A Biography
About the After Humanity bundle
The Abolition of Man
By C.S. Lewis
Paperback | 113 Pages | 5” x 7.5”
Retail Price: $14.95 FREE
In The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis sets out to persuade his audience of the importance and relevance of universal values such as courage and honor in contemporary society. Both astonishing and prophetic, this book is one of the most debated of Lewis's extraordinary works.
After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man
By Michael Ward
Word on Fire Academic | June 23, 2021
Hardcover | 253 Pages | 6"x9"
Retail Price: $24.95 $18.46 (26% OFF)
What You’ll Learn and Find
- FREE copy of The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis, which he characterized as “almost my favourite among my books.”
- Lewis's engaging writing style accompanies an exploration of the importance of objective moral values and warning against their abandonment in society.
-
Despite its mid-20th century origins, The Abolition of Man remains a must-read book—full of relevant ethical and philosophical themes.
-
After Humanity by Michael Ward is a guide to The Abolition of Man, with clear commentary explaining C.S. Lewis's complex concepts to a broad audience.
-
After Humanity provides general academic context and the particular circumstances in Lewis’s life that helped give rise to The Abolition of Man.
“Michael Ward's thorough commentary will long remain the essential companion to The Abolition of Man. His exegesis and analysis, including his own insights and the best from other commentators, show how Lewis's classic still speaks to questions of finding moral principles in our 'post-truth' era.”
— George Marsden, author of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity: A Biography
About the Author of Tolkien’s Modern Reading and Tolkien’s Faith
Holly Ordway is the Cardinal Francis George Professor of Faith and Culture at the Word on Fire Institute and Visiting Professor of Apologetics at Houston Christian University. She holds a PhD in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is a Subject Editor for the Journal of Inklings Studies. Her book Tolkien’s Modern Reading: Middle-earth Beyond the Middle Ages received the 2022 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies.
About the Author of After Humanity
Michael Ward, a Catholic priest, is Senior Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, and Professor of Apologetics at Houston Baptist University. He is the author of the best-selling and award-winning Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis, co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis, and presenter of the BBC television documentary The Narnia Code. On the fiftieth anniversary of Lewis’s death, Michael Ward unveiled a permanent national memorial to him in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, London.
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