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The Parallel Kingships of Aragorn and Christ

Fr. Mike Johns

March 24, 2026

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O Antiphons, Advent, and Tolkien

Fr. Mike Johns

December 18, 2025

The Doctor of the Church and the Maker of Middle-earth: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Newman Connections

Dr. Holly Ordway

November 1, 2025

man in dark looking down

Light and High Beauty: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Antidote to Despair

Thomas Salerno

October 14, 2025

person looking at pages in an open book

Hope for the Humanities in ‘The Long Defeat’

Jeff Morgan

August 6, 2025

A vintage paperback interior of Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings

What Tolkien Can Teach Us About the Creative Life

Lindsey Weishar

August 1, 2025

The Christian Consonance of Middle-earth: A Landmark International Conference

Dr. Holly Ordway

June 25, 2025

A First Look at ‘The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien’

Dr. Holly Ordway

September 30, 2024

Silhouette of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring walking

Celebrating the Epochal Publication of “The Fellowship of the Ring” 70 Years On

Dr. Holly Ordway

July 29, 2024

St. Bernadette

Tolkien, “Beloved Bernadette,” and the Immaculate Conception

Dr. Holly Ordway

December 7, 2023

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The Expanded and Revised Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien: A First Look

Dr. Holly Ordway

November 14, 2023

map from Tolkien's literature

Getting to Know J.R.R. Tolkien: A Short Reading List

Dr. Holly Ordway

September 22, 2023

Tolkien’s Words and Worlds: A Landmark Conference

Dr. Holly Ordway

September 7, 2023

Tolkien sitting and smoking a pipe

WOF Show Podcast

WOF 402: The Faith of J.R.R. Tolkien w/ Holly Ordway

Brandon Vogt

September 4, 2023

Tolkien books stacked

Tolkien’s Faith and the Foundations of Middle-earth

Dr. Holly Ordway

September 1, 2023

Tolkiens Faith

Tolkien’s Faith | Dr. Michael Ward Interviews Holly Ordway

Dr. Holly Ordway

August 4, 2023

philip neri

Institute Fellows

What’s in a Name? Tolkien and St. Philip Neri

Dr. Holly Ordway

May 26, 2023

Tolkien and Lewis Discussion

The Story for All Seasons

Tolkien, Lewis, and Evangelization

Andrew Petiprin

March 29, 2023

Institute Fellows

Tolkien and Peter Pan: Death and the Desire for Deathlessness

Dr. Holly Ordway

September 2, 2021

Pursue Beauty This Summer

Fr. Michael Metz

June 30, 2021

Institute Fellows

Why We Need Fantasy Literature

Dr. Holly Ordway

May 26, 2021

Institute Fellows

The Allure of the Vikings: Men, Modernity, and Meaning

Bobby Angel

March 22, 2021

Institute Fellows

Will the Real J.R.R. Tolkien Please Stand Up?

Dr. Holly Ordway

January 25, 2021

Institute Fellows

Wonder and Beauty: 5 Christmas Gift Suggestions for 2020

Dr. Holly Ordway

November 26, 2020

Institute Fellows

Co-Creation in a Time of Pandemic

Haley Stewart

November 11, 2020

Institute Fellows

A Chapter That Changed My Life: J.R.R. Tolkien’s “On Fairy-stories”

Dr. Holly Ordway

September 21, 2020