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25-06-04 Unveiling Hope: Do the Inhabitants of Arda Know How Their Own Story Ends?
A Thesis Theater by Jeffrey Wade Abstract:This thesis concerns itself with the question of whether the inhabitants of Tolkien’s Arda possess an awareness of their creation’s eschatological end. It is not a study of Christian doctrine, Tolkien, or outside analysis. It is a study of how myth carries the weight of a telos through music,…
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25-05-30 “Tolkien’s Gods: Divine Council Theology in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth Legendarium”
A Thesis Theater by Fr. Andrew Damick This Thesis Theater has passed; enjoy the recording here: ABSTRACT: In J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, particularly in The Silmarillion and related material, the reader encounters divine beings, including the Valar, who are called gods in the text and by Tolkien himself in his commentary. Multiple divine…
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25-05-24 TOWARD A DIGITAL EDITION OF WIDSIĐ
Thesis Theatre for Sarah Monnier This thesis Theatre has passed. Enjoy the recording! Abstract: It is a truth universally acknowledged that the Classics, which generally means Greek and Latin language materials, are much more advanced in digital scholarship and resources than Germanic languages. While an enormous amount of material exists online to allow research into Biblical…