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Philosophy & Theology Professor | Myth | Tolkien | Lewis | Kierkegaard | Husband & Twin Dad | Mythic Mind Podcast & Fellowship @mythic_mind
Feb 26, 2023 9 tweets 2 min read
Tolkien the Existentialist: A short 🧵 (1/9) I recently attempted to describe the realm of faerie as a meeting place of the transcendent and earthly. That isn’t wrong, but, based on my latest reading of Tolkien’s On Fairy-stories, my reasoning was backwards. (2/9)
Dec 4, 2021 6 tweets 1 min read
Merry, did you know that your Barrow-blade,
Would stab the Witch-King of Angmar? Merry, did you know you and Éowyn,
Would fight on the fields of Pelennor?
Oct 15, 2019 23 tweets 4 min read
Too many Christians derive their theology from contemporary Christian songwriters who derive their theology from other contemporary Christian songwriters who also have never read the Bible or studied historical theology. *Contemplating whether I should leave it at this or unload*