Celebrating Middle-earth: the Lord of the Rings As a Defense of Western Civilization

Marc Notes: With chapters by Peter Kreeft and Joseph Pearce--Cover. Publisher Marketing: In Celebrating Middle-earth six writers explore the important place that J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings occupies in the literary, political and religious traditions of Western society. Those writers are: John West, Peter Kreeft, Janet Blumberg, Joseph Pearce, Kerry Dearborn and Phillip Goggans. Each discusses the deeper message beneath the story. Contributor Bio:  West, John G, Jr. JOHN G. WEST, JR., is assistant professor of political science at Seattle Pacific University and Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute in Seattle.