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Christ, Myth & Tolkien: 5-Part Seminar Begins Oct. 25

October 11, 2022 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
I'm going to be teaching live on Zoom for 5 nights in October and November 2022 reading Tolkien's works and making use of both Biblical and mythological material -- the very worlds in which Tolkien himself was steeped.
LiteratureJ. R. R. TolkienmythmythologyScripture

Myth, Mythology, Fakelore and Whether Fairies Exist

January 25, 2021January 22, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Reading Tolkien as well as mythology and folklore can help us to re-enchant the world and thus engage more fully with the unseen world as it truly is.
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Myth and Fantasy at a Time Like This?!

January 11, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
How does the study of myth and legend contribute to mankind at a time like this? Are there are not starving people to feed, injustices to be set right, and cults of evil to be put down?
CultureLiteratureMythangelsculturedemonsJ. R. R. Tolkienliteraturemyth

Going Home: On Becoming a Student Again

January 2, 2021 · Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
I hope that I will become a better Christian, better husband, better father, better priest, better communicator, better story-teller and better writer. Because in the end, everything is one. And de-fragmenting ourselves in Christ is one way of seeing what this life is about.
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