Bonus: Tolkien and Nonviolence? with Austin M. Freeman

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Austin M. Freeman, professor at Houston Christian University, joins the tent for another bonus episode to discuss J.R.R. Tolkien's views on non-violence and war. Who exactly is the "pacifist" in The Lord of the Rings and why isn't it Tom Bombadil? In two archival episode segments Melody Green, dean of Urbana Seminary, is featured with her owns thoughts about Tolkien. Dr. Freeman is the author of the book Tolkien Dogmatics and Dr. Green is the editor of Tolkien and the Arts: a theology of subcreation.

You can find Dr. Freeman's book here and Dr. Green's book here. You can find out more about Urbana Seminary's Tolkien Conference here.

The full interview with Dr. Freeman can be found here and the full interviews with Dr. Green can be found here and here. Other than the Tent Talks interview, these episodes were originally released on the PostConsumer Reports Podcast.

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