{"id":293655,"date":"2024-11-10T18:22:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T18:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/10\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-123-the-nature-of-middle-earth\/"},"modified":"2024-11-10T18:22:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T18:22:12","slug":"the-catholic-culture-podcast-123-the-nature-of-middle-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/10\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-123-the-nature-of-middle-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Catholic Culture Podcast: 123 &#8211; The Nature of Middle-earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"date\">Jan 21, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Carl Hostetter, editor of a new volume of J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s<br \/>\nunpublished notes,\u00a0<em>The Nature of Middle-earth<\/em>, joins<br \/>\nthe show.<\/p>\n<p>Carl discusses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His collaboration with Christopher Tolkien leading to this new<br \/>\nvolume<\/li>\n<li>What other Tolkien writings we might expect to see<br \/>\npublished<\/li>\n<li>Why it may be good that Tolkien never finished the Silmarillion<br \/>\nin his lifetime<\/li>\n<li>Tolkien&#8217;s Thomistic reflections on elvish hylomorphism, and<br \/>\nother revelations contained in the new book<\/li>\n<li>How Tolkien&#8217;s obsession with consistency nearly destroyed his<br \/>\nlegendarium<\/li>\n<li>Potential problems with the theology of Middle-earth<\/li>\n<li>Anti-Catholic bias in contemporary Tolkien fandom and<br \/>\nscholarship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carl Hostetter,\u00a0<em>The Nature of<br \/>\nMiddle-earth\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/the-nature-of-middle-earth-jrr-tolkien\">https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/the-nature-of-middle-earth-jrr-tolkien<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interview with Jonathan McIntosh about\u00a0<em>The Flame<br \/>\nImperishable<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-40-tolkien-and-aquinas-jonathan-s-mcintosh\/\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-40-tolkien-and-aquinas-jonathan-s-mcintosh\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other resources recommended:<\/p>\n<p>J.R.R. Tolkien, <em>Morgoth\u2019s Ring<\/em>, vol. 10 of <em>The<br \/>\nHistory of Middle-earth<\/em>, ed. Christopher Tolkien<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan McIntosh, The <em>Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St.<br \/>\nThomas, and the Metaphysics of Fa\u00ebrie<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tom Shippey, <em>The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien<br \/>\nCreated a New Mythology<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Verlyn Flieger, <em>Splintered Light: Logos and Language in<br \/>\nTolkien&#8217;s World<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Corey Olsen&#8217;s seminars on\u00a0<em>The Nature of<br \/>\nMiddle-earth<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=duNayhMrrJ8&amp;list=PLasMbZ4s5vIXZtwVbmyh6sTE56uiI_t0C\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=duNayhMrrJ8&amp;list=PLasMbZ4s5vIXZtwVbmyh6sTE56uiI_t0C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. 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