Moxon writes theological reflection on Lord of the Rings - CathNews New Zealand

Moxon writes theological reflection on Lord of the Rings

Friday, February 7th, 2014

The weekly English edition of L’Osservatore Romano has published a lengthy essay devoted to the theology of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.

The essay was written by former Anglican Bishop of Waikato, David Moxon, who is now the Anglican Communion’s official representative to the Holy See.

Moxon wrote:
“For those of us in the “Fourth Age of Middle-earth,” in the present, we could do no better than end with Tolkien’s words to his son about the Eucharist, the centre of his own 20th-Century Christian faith, which was the centre of his world” Continue reading

Read whole essay in L’Osservatore Romano

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