Tolkien

The Long Defeat (8) – Conclusion

Tolkien was not a premillennialist, or even an evangelical. But Tolkien’s imaginative oeuvre is nevertheless…

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The Long Defeat (7) – Premillennialism and the Kingdom Before the Kingdom

The diagram above illustrates how the three major schools of eschatology relate to one another.…

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The Long Defeat (6) – Premillennialism and the Glory of Lost Causes

Premillennialism is called pessimistic because it teaches that evil will grow, a great apostasy will…

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The Long Defeat (5) – Premillennialism and Power

In a letter to Milton Waldman, Tolkien explained much of the meaning and purpose of…

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The Long Defeat (4) – Premillennialism and the Mortality of Culture

Since premillennialists are accused of a pessimistic eschatology, it is with some glee that we…

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The Long Defeat (3) – Premillennialism and the Eucatastrophe

J.R.R. Tolkien felt there should be another word in the English language. Taking the Greek…

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The Long Defeat (2)- Helpful Pessimism in Middle Earth

Premillennialists are told that their hermeneutic must be faulty because its pessimism is contrary to…

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The Long Defeat (1) – The Poignant Beauty of Premillennialism

Those who reject and critique premillennial eschatology may have several reasons for doing so. The…

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