"Tolkien's Faith" w/ Dr. Holly Ordway

Millions explore and live inside of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novels on a regular basis, but few study and examine his faith. Join co-hosts Dr. Jim Beitler and Aaron Hill as they discuss sit down with Dr. Holly Ordway , author of Tolkien's Faith: A Spiritual Biography (2023), to discuss Tolkien's faith, his friendship with C.S. Lewis, his opinion of The Chronicles of Narnia , why his novels weren't more spiritually explicit with their content and themes, and how Tolkien read Scripture—including his work on translating the book of Jonah.

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"Tolkien's Faith" w/ Dr. Holly Ordway is an episode from Wade Center by Wade Center at Wheaton College (IL).

This episode is 43:44 long.

This episode was published on Nov 17, 2025.

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