@article{761025,
      recid = {761025},
      author = {Coutras, Lisa,},
      title = {Tolkiens theology of beauty majesty, simplicity, and  transcendence in Middle-earth / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {London :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xvii, 279 pages).},
      year = {2016},
      abstract = {In this book, Lisa Coutras explores the structure and  complexity of J.R.R. Tolkienℓ́ℓs narrative theology,  synthesizing his Christian worldview with his creative  imagination. She illustrates how, within the framework of a  theological aesthetics, transcendental beauty is the  unifying principle that integrates all aspects of  Tolkienℓ́ℓs writing, from pagan despair to Christian joy.  J.R.R. Tolkienℓ́ℓs Christianity is often held in an  unsteady tension with the pagan despair of his mythic  world. Some critics portray these as incompatible, while  Christian analysis tends to oversimplify the presence of  religious symbolism. This polarity of opinion testifies to  the need for a unifying interpretive lens. The fact that  Tolkien saw his own writing as ℓ́ℓreligiousℓ́ℓ and  ℓ́ℓCatholic,ℓ́ℓ yet was preoccupied with pagan mythology,  nature, language, and evil, suggests that these areas were  wholly integrated with his Christian worldview. Tolkienℓ́ℓs  Theology of Beauty examines six structural elements,  demonstrating that the authorℓ́ℓs Christianity is deeply  embedded in the narrative framework of his creative  imagination. .},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/761025},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55345-4},
}