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

Wade Center by Wade Center at Wheaton College (IL)

Nov 17, 202543:44Religion & Spirituality

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 , a...

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

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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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Published Nov 17, 2025 and 43:44 long