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The Lord of the Rings and other works of J.R.R. Tolkien have had a far-reaching impact on culture in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In print and on film, Tolkien's works seem to be incredible epics, but religious aspects are less obvious. Yet Tolkien himself stated in his letters that the chief conflicts of his epic works were “about God, and His sole right to divine Honour,” and whether Sauron can wrest and destroy all that is good in Middle-earth. It is fro...

The Yearbook of Transnational History is dedicated to disseminating pioneering research in the field of transnational history. This inaugural volume provides readers with articles on topics such as soccer, travel, music, and social policy. These articles highlight the movement of ideas, people, policies, and practices across various cultures and societies and explore the relations and connections, and spaces created by these movements. These articles make clear that historical phenomena fr...

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit land and gravely affected the lives of many people in the states along the Gulf Coast. Katrina went beyond demonstrating the devastating natural effects of a hurricane by exposing the continuing significance of race relations and racial stereotyping in U.S. society.Racing the Storm serves to highlight the race-based perceptions of and responses to Katrina survivors by governmental entities, volunteers, the media, and the general public. Sc...

Theology, Fantasy, and the Imagination offers analyses of the theological, philosophical, and religious imagination found in fantasy literature, the theological imagination, and table-top games. Part I offers an invocation to the study through a theological reflection of the “old magic.” Part II analyzes classical Christian fantasy—ranging from dogmatic theological reflection on the fantastic imagination to analyses of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Part III analyzes the post-Christian tur...

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In the spirit of Robert E. Howard, Tanith Lee, Karl Edward Wagner, and films like Conquest and Fire & Ice comes Profane Altars: Weird Sword and Sorcery. Underground horror authors Emma Alice Johnson, Matthew Mitchell, Adam Smith, Sara Century, Charles Austin Muir, Edwin Callihan, and editor Sam Richard conjure forth visions of the unknowable and ancient past. One of spider gods, aging warriors, crystal antlers, cultist soldiers, and whispered legends of strange creatures and woeful knights...

The Yearbook of Transnational History is dedicated to disseminating pioneering research in the field of transnational history. This fifth volume advances the frontier of transnational history into early modern times. The six chapters of this volume explore topics and themes from early modern times to the fall of Communism. This volume includes chapters about the Huguenots and Sephardi Jews as transnational nations in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the construction of cannabis know...

Red Caps and Lilies follows the adventures of a group of children who engage in various activities and encounters that shape their experiences. The title refers to the children's playful and imaginative interactions, with "Red Caps" symbolizing their adventurous spirit and "Lilies" representing the beauty and innocence of their experiences.The story typically involves a blend of everyday activities, whimsical adventures, and moral lessons. The children might participate in imaginative play...

Professions are institutions which, through their small size, self-governing elements, and sense of social mission, can assist in maintaining a sound civic culture. As mediating institutions in our democratic society that are neither entirely birthed by the state nor are entirely private, the individual professions—such as the legal and education professions, journalism, economics, architecture, or the military—arguably present practical avenues through which to teach civic behavior and to...

We trace the emergence of the respective religious cosmologies that were eventually passed on to the Israelites by the Canaanites, i.e., Melchizedek and the missionaries of Jo-Ve, who introduced their God to the Israelites during the time of the Judges and called Him Jah-Jo-Va. Further findings in this particular book reveal the following; • We see how that God has been working with people from all groups since time immemorial and that people outside of the Israelitish sphere of influence,...

We show how Jewish Apocalypticism developed from the time of the captivity of the Northern Kingdom by the Assyrians and how that the prophet Amos, c., 760 BC, took a bona fide prophecy concerning the crucifixion of Messiah (Amos 8:7-10), and coupled this with his expectation of an attack by the Assyrians. The attack occurred c., 722 BC, mainly as a result of the refusal of the Israelites to pay tribute to the Assyrians. In that same prophecy, Amos foretold of an impending great tribulation...