The Ideal Of Kingship In The Writings Of Charles Williams C S Lewis And J R R Tolkien
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The Ideal Of Kingship In The Writings Of Charles Williams C S Lewis And J R R Tolkien
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Author : Christopher Scarf
language : en
Publisher: James Clarke & Company
Release Date : 2013-06-27
The Ideal Of Kingship In The Writings Of Charles Williams C S Lewis And J R R Tolkien written by Christopher Scarf and has been published by James Clarke & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-27 with Religion categories.
In his distinctive work, Christopher Scarf explores the writings of the three most prominent Oxford Inklings - Charles Williams (1886-1945), C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), and J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) - to reveal and contrast their conceptions of the ideal of 'kingship'; divine, human, and mythological. As practising Christians, the faith of all three writers was central to their literary and personal visions of kingship, society, love, beauty, justice and power. Scarf investigates their beliefin God as Creator and heavenly King, opinions on the nature of His very being, and the way in which all believed the Creator to be unique rather than one among many. The relationship between the earthly and heavenly King is considered, as well as the extent to which the writers contend that earthly kings are God's viceregents, act with His authority, and are duty-bound to establish and sustain just and joyous societies. Examining the writings of all three men in detail, Scarf also highlights the covert evidence of their lives and personalities which may be discovered in their texts. An understanding of the authors' individual but overlapping views of the essential meaning of Kingship, and their personalities and early lives, will enrichthe reader's appreciation of their created worlds. This volume provides a unique focus on Kingship and the Christian beliefs of three well-loved writers, and will be of interest to any reader seeking a fuller understanding of the individuals and their works.
The Ideal Of Kingship In The Writings Of Charles Williams C S Lewis And J R R Tolkien
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language : en
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Release Date : 2007
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The Ideal Of Kingship In The Writings Of Charles Williams C S Lewis And J R R Tolkien
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Author : Christopher Hans Scarf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Ideal Of Kingship In The Writings Of Charles Williams C S Lewis And J R R Tolkien written by Christopher Hans Scarf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Kings and rulers in literature categories.
This thesis explores the ideals of kingship, divine, human and mythological in the writings of Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, examining their individual and overlapping ideas of a Creator-King, His attributes and His perceived purpose in creating. The nature of His creativity is examined, asking whether such activity is also found in His creatures, since they are made in His image. The thesis considers whether the Creator involved the assistance of demiurges, or simply created ex nihilo. The entry of evil into a perfect creation is looked at. There is an enquiry into whether the earthly kings and the fictional kings are seen as God's vicegerents. The enquiry involved researching in much of the fictional (and other) writings of the three authors, distilling their ideas about kingship, and finding the theological beliefs inherent in them. It was necessary to contextualise the three Inklings' concepts of kingship with the relevant parts of the writing and scholarship devoted to the place of kingship in extant literature. Reference was made to selected Old English poetry such as Beowulf, to the Arthurian Legends and to some Greek history. Where relevant, the Inklings' work was viewed in the context of Anglo-Saxon and Celtic history, and also with the scholarly exegesis of Old and New Testament ideals of Ancient Hebrew kingship, and its ultimate fulfillment in Christ the King. The Inklings' ideas of kingship in the modern world are important in the light of Christian belief, or the lack of it, in contemporary Britain. This significant aspect of the Inkling's writings reveals something of their distinctive contributions to English Life and Literature.
Shadows Of Heaven
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Author : Gunnar Urang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Shadows Of Heaven written by Gunnar Urang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Literary Criticism categories.
Sehnsucht The C S Lewis Journal
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Author : Grayson Carter
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2014-07-14
Sehnsucht The C S Lewis Journal written by Grayson Carter and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with Religion categories.
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal, established by the Arizona C. S. Lewis Society in 2007, is the only peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of C. S. Lewis and his writings published anywhere in the world. It exists to promote literary, theological, historical, biographical, philosophical, bibliographical and cultural interest (broadly defined) in Lewis and his writings. The journal includes articles, review essays, book reviews, film reviews and play reviews, bibliographical material, poetry, interviews, editorials, and announcements of Lewis-related conferences, events and publications. Its readership is aimed at academic scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, as well as learned non-scholars and Lewis enthusiasts. At this time, Sehnsucht is published once a year.
The Inklings And King Arthur
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Author : Sørina Higgins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
The Inklings And King Arthur written by Sørina Higgins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
Will King Arthur ever return to England? He already has.In the midst of war-torn Britain, King Arthur returned in the writings of the Oxford Inklings. Learn how J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Owen Barfield brought hope to their times and our own in their Arthurian literature.Although studies of the "Oxford Inklings" abound, astonishingly enough, none has yet examined their great body of Arthurian work. Yet each of these major writers tackled serious and relevant questions about government, gender, violence, imperialism, secularism, and spirituality through their stories of the Quest for the Holy Grail. This rigorous and sophisticated volume studies does so for the first time.This serious and substantial volume addresses a complex subject that scholars have for too long overlooked. The contributors show how, in the legends of King Arthur, the Inklings found material not only for escape and consolation, but also, and more importantly, for exploring moral and spiritual questions of pressing contemporary concern.--Michael Ward, Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, and co-editor of C.S. Lewis at Poets' CornerThis volume follows Arthurian leylines in geographies of myth, history, gender, and culture, uncovering Inklings lodestones and way markers throughout. A must read for students of the Inklings.--Aren Roukema, Birkbeck, University of London
The Inklings Handbook
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Author : Colin Duriez
language : en
Publisher: Azure Books
Release Date : 2001
The Inklings Handbook written by Colin Duriez and has been published by Azure Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Authors, English categories.
The Oxford Inklings was an informal group of literary friends who met weekly from around 1933 to 1963 to talk about ideas, read to each other pieces they were writing, and enjoy a good evening of "the cut and parry of prolonged, fierce and masculine argument." The Inklings Handbook focuses on the main members of the group, C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien -- who are among the most popular writers of the twentieth century -- Charles Williams, and Owen Barfield. Composed of two sections, this comprehensive guide provides an introduction to the Inklings themselves and an A-Z section of biographical articles, as well as the group's publications, themes, and theology. Included is an extensive bibliography and suggestions for further reading. Authoritative and engaging, Duriez and Porter's long-awaited volume makes a fascinating attempt to capture the elusive complexity of the friendships at the heart of this most remarkable association of writers.
Middle Earth And The Return Of The Common Good
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Author : Joshua Hren
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2018-10-05
Middle Earth And The Return Of The Common Good written by Joshua Hren and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-05 with Religion categories.
Political philosophy is nothing other than looking at things political under the aspect of eternity. This book invites us to look philosophically at political things in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium, demonstrating that Tolkien’s potent mythology can be brought into rich, fruitful dialogue with works of political philosophy and political theology as different as Plato’s Timaeus, Aquinas’ De Regno, Hobbes’s Leviathan, and Erik Peterson’s “Monotheism as a Political Problem.” It concludes that a political reading of Tolkien’s work is most luminous when conducted by the harmonious lights of fides et ratio as found in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. A broad study of Tolkien and the political is especially pertinent in that the legendarium operates on two levels. As a popular mythology it is, in the author’s own words “a really long story that would hold the attention of readers, amuse them, delight them, and at times maybe excite them or deeply move them.” But the stories of The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings contain deeper teachings that can only be drawn out when read philosophically. Written from the vantage of a mind that is deeply Christian, Tolkien’s stories grant us a revelatory gaze into the major political problems of modernity—from individualism to totalitarianism, sovereignty to surveillance, terror to technocracy. As an “outsider” in modernity, Tolkien invites us to question the modern in a manner that moves beyond reaction into a vivid and compelling vision of the common good.
The Good News Of The Return Of The King
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Author : Michael T. Jahosky
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2020-09-15
The Good News Of The Return Of The King written by Michael T. Jahosky and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-15 with Religion categories.
Although many people today reject Christianity for intellectual reasons, greater numbers of people are rejecting Christianity because it does not engage their imagination. Christians must not only demonstrate that the Christian worldview is true, but that it is also good, beautiful, and relevant. The Good News of the Return of the King: The Gospel in Middle-earth is a book that endeavors to show the truth, goodness, and beauty of Jesus Christ, the gospel, and the biblical metanarrative by engaging the imagination through J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, as well as The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. In this book, I propose that J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is a story about what Jesus’ parables are about: the good news about the return of the king. As a work of imaginative fiction similar to Jesus’ parables, The Lord of the Rings can bypass both intellectual and imaginative objections to the gospel and pull back the “veil of familiarity” that obscures the gospel for many.
A Well Of Wonder
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Author : Clyde S. Kilby
language : en
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Release Date : 2016-12-01
A Well Of Wonder written by Clyde S. Kilby and has been published by Paraclete Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-01 with Religion categories.
Clyde S. Kilby is rare among the best expositors of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and their circle of friends in that he became personally acquainted not only with Lewis and Tolkien, but also Lewis’s brother Major Warren Lewis, Owen Barfield, Lord David Cecil, and others of the Inklings. He particularly captured the soul of C.S. Lewis in his lectures, articles and books, which guided his vision in creating and curating the prestigious Wade Collection at Wheaton College, Illinois. This delightful book makes available Dr. Kilby’s wide-ranging and inspiring take on Lewis, Tolkien and the affinities they shared with their circle, the Inklings, in their enchantment with profound thought vibrant with imaginative wonder which took them beyond “the walls of the world”. (Colin Duriez Inklings scholar, author of The Oxford Inklings)