J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892–1973) was an English writer and Oxford philologist, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Born in South Africa and orphaned in boyhood in England, he was raised under the guardianship of a Catholic priest, Father Francis Morgan, and kept a lifelong Catholic faith. After serving as an officer in the First World War, including at the Battle of the Somme, he became a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, where his love of ancient languages and northern legend grew into an invented mythology. The Hobbit (1937), first told as a story for his children, led to The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955), a tale of humility, friendship, mercy and hope against darkness. A member of the Inklings, he helped lead his friend C.S. Lewis to Christianity. His work shaped modern fantasy literature and is read worldwide.
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Christian Imagination in English Literature
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Milton's Paradise Lost and Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress gave English literature enduring visions of virtue, temptation and salvation. Centuries later, C.S. Lewis wrote scholarly studies of Spenser and Milton and modeled The Pilgrim's Regress on Bunyan. His friend J.R.R. Tolkien, a devout Catholic, helped lead Lewis back to Christian faith, and both men expressed their beliefs through imaginative fiction in Middle-earth and Narnia.
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Beloved Storytellers for Children
Rudyard Kipling delighted young readers with The Jungle Book and the Just So Stories. J.R.R. Tolkien first shared The Hobbit with his own children, and his friend C.S. Lewis wrote the seven Chronicles of Narnia. Walt Disney brought classic tales to the screen; The Jungle Book (1967), adapted from Kipling, was the last animated feature he personally oversaw. Fred Rogers spoke to children with kindness and respect for more than three decades on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
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