Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography is a book by Holly Ordway recounting the progression of J.R.R. Tolkien's Christian faith through his lifetime.
It was released in August, 2023, by Word on Fire Academic.
- "Tolkien’s Faith is the first systematic, book-length exploration of the influence and importance of the Christian faith in Tolkien’s life. It should establish that his Catholicism, as a fundamental and pervasive presence in his life, works, and concerns, was at least as significant as were his professional pursuits and war experience, and that recognizing and exploring this influence in detail is [no less] illuminating."
- —Carl F. Hostetter
- "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, author of the major biography Tolkien and the Great War
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See also[]
- J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
- J.R.R. Tolkien: The Making of a Legend
- The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of Faërie
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