Paul E. Kerry in June, 2015
Dr. Paul E. Kerry is an American history professor and Tolkien enthusiast known for writing about religious matters surrounding Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Kerry earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree at St. John's College, University of Oxford in 1998, and teaches at Brigham Young University in Utah.
He is known for compiling with Sandra Miesel Light Beyond All Shadow: Religious Experience in Tolkien's Work, which addresses religious themes in The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and Peter Jackson's films. It was published in 2011.
Outside of Tolkien study, Kerry has edited works and written numerous articles concerning intellectual history, historiography, Goethe, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Carlyle.
Tolkien bibliography[]
- Edited The Ring and the Cross: Christianity and the Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien (2010)
- Edited Light Beyond All Shadow: Religious Experience in Tolkien's Work with Sandra Miesel (2011)
- This book features Kerry's essays "Introduction: A Historiography of Christian Approaches to Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings" and "Tracking Catholic Influence in The Lord of the Rings"
External links[]
- Faculty page
- Curriculum Vitae
- Interview by Kathleen Shultz (date unspecified) for Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Interview by Sean McGuire (May 2011) for Ignatius Insight
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