{"id":5778,"date":"2019-03-27T15:31:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/roadsfromemmaus\/?p=5778"},"modified":"2019-03-27T15:35:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:35:23","slug":"video-j-r-r-tolkien-and-the-applicability-of-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/asd\/2019\/03\/27\/video-j-r-r-tolkien-and-the-applicability-of-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO:  J. R. R. Tolkien and The Applicability of Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was honored recently to be a guest on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pageaucarvings.com\">icon carver<\/a> Jonathan Pageau&#8217;s YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCtCTSf3UwRU14nYWr_xm-dQ\">The Symbolic World<\/a>, discussing how the work of J. R. R. 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It&#8217;s really excellent and mind-bending work (in a good way)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was honored recently to be a guest on icon carver Jonathan Pageau&#8217;s YouTube channel The Symbolic World, discussing how the work of J. R. R. Tolkien is formative for the spiritual life and also my new Amon S\u00fbl podcast, which is all about Tolkien: Enjoy the video, and I hope you&#8217;ll also check out Jonathan&#8217;s many other videos. 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