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	<description>Images of Biblical Character &#038; Themes in the Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien</description>
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		<title>Athrabeth Finrod Ah Andreth</title>
		<link>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/07/31/finrod-and-andreth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Finrod</dc:creator>
		
	<category>in Nargothrond</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nargothrond, West Beleriand. Seventh Age. - Scholars and experts in all things Tolkien are in general agreement that the most beautiful writing in all of Tolkien&#8217;s legendarium is Ainulindal&#235;: The Music of the Ainur.  This remarkable chapter opens  The Silmarillion, Tolkien&#8217;s life-long endeavor and his chief love.  Ainulindal&#235; is a creation story, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sirens Still They Sing</title>
		<link>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/07/17/the-sirens-still-they-sing/</link>
		<comments>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/07/17/the-sirens-still-they-sing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Finrod</dc:creator>
		
	<category>in the lands of Arda</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avall&#243;nn&#235;. Seventh Age. - As I think about these days in which we live, about the voices that hold sway over Christendom from the pulpit, and the captivating reasonings in well-constructed books, as well as in the reams of words written here online - as I reflect on these matters, I am reminded of Tolkien&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gleanings from Birzer (4): Evil and the Back Door</title>
		<link>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/06/27/gleanings-from-birzer-4-evil-and-the-back-door/</link>
		<comments>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/06/27/gleanings-from-birzer-4-evil-and-the-back-door/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Finrod</dc:creator>
		
	<category>at Avallónnë</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avall&#243;nn&#235;. Seventh Age. -  One of the topics Bradley Birzer addresses in J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s Sanctifying Myth is Sauron&#8217;s corruption of men during the Second Age.  This saga, which lies at the heart of Tolkien&#8217;s mythology, tells the story of the people who would be known as N&#250;men&#243;reans in the Third Age.  Birzer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stratford Caldecott:The Power of the Ring</title>
		<link>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/06/26/stratford-caldecottthe-power-of-the-ring/</link>
		<comments>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/06/26/stratford-caldecottthe-power-of-the-ring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Finrod</dc:creator>
		
	<category>at Avallónnë</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avall&#243;nn&#235;. Fifth Age. - Stratford Caldecott, in his excellent work The Power of the Ring, explores &#8220;The Spiritual Vision Behind The Lord of the Rings.&#8221;
In his introduction, Caldecott explains not only Tolkien&#8217;s purposes for the book but also the Oxford professor&#8217;s feelings about the times in which he lived. It is to be remembered that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gleanings from Birzer (3): Myths: Pagan and True</title>
		<link>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/06/24/gleanings-from-birzer-3-myths-pagan-and-true/</link>
		<comments>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/06/24/gleanings-from-birzer-3-myths-pagan-and-true/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Finrod</dc:creator>
		
	<category>at Avallónnë</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avall&#243;nn&#235;. Fifth Age. - In a chapter entitled &#8220;Myth and Sub-creation&#8221; in J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s Sanctifying Myth, Bradley Birzer explores Tolkien&#8217;s beliefs regarding myths, both pagan and true.  &#8220;Tolkien mythologized nearly everything in his life,&#8221; Birzer writes.  In more familiar and (I believe) accurate terms, it might be said that Tolkien saw the spiritual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gleanings from Birzer (2): Tolkien and Faerie</title>
		<link>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/06/19/gleanings-from-birzer-2-tolkien-and-faerie/</link>
		<comments>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/06/19/gleanings-from-birzer-2-tolkien-and-faerie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Finrod</dc:creator>
		
	<category>at Avallónnë</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avall&#243;nn&#235;. Fifth Age. -   Professor Bradley Birzer explores Tolkien&#8217;s perspective on faerie (myth), truth, and man in his introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s Sanctifying Myth.
To enter faerie - that is, a sacramental and liturgical understanding of creation - is to open oneself to the gradual discovery of beauty, truth, and excellence. . . . [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gleanings from Middle-earth: Bradley J. Birzer (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/06/17/gleanings-from-middle-earth-jrr-tolkiens-sanctifying-myth-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/06/17/gleanings-from-middle-earth-jrr-tolkiens-sanctifying-myth-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Finrod</dc:creator>
		
	<category>at Avallónnë</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avall&#243;nn&#235;. Fifth Age. - One of the good things about owning and having read so many books (30+) by or about Tolkien and Middle-earth is having the immediate opportunity to re-read them from time to time.  Upon doing so, I find that I have forgotten some things while other observations of the various authors, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Path of a D&#250;nadan</title>
		<link>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/03/24/the-path-of-a-dnadan/</link>
		<comments>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/03/24/the-path-of-a-dnadan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Finrod</dc:creator>
		
	<category>at Avallónnë</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(See also &#8220;Being a D&#250;nadan&#8221; and  &#8220;Wandering in Our Wilderness&#8221;)
Avall&#243;nn&#235;. Fifth Age. -   A D&#250;nadan&#8217;s life is troubling and troublesome, at once troubled and troubling.  It seems that the two are inseparable.
The conflict arises because the path, mission, or life&#8217;s work of a D&#250;nadan is troublesome or troubling to others; this, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being a D&#250;nadan</title>
		<link>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/03/23/140/</link>
		<comments>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/03/23/140/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Finrod</dc:creator>
		
	<category>at Avallónnë</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(See also  &#8220;Wandering in Our Wilderness&#8221; and  &#8220;The Path of a D&#250;nadan&#8221;)
Avall&#243;nn&#235;. Fifth Age. -  So who exactly are we, this arrogant-sounding group of Christians that I liken to the D&#250;nedain of the Third Age of Middle-earth?  What is a Modern Day (Fifth - or Sixth - Age) D&#250;nadan?  And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wandering in Our Wilderness</title>
		<link>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/03/22/wandering-in-our-wilderness/</link>
		<comments>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/03/22/wandering-in-our-wilderness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Finrod</dc:creator>
		
	<category>at Avallónnë</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(See also &#8220;Being a D&#250;nadan&#8221; and  &#8220;The Path of a D&#250;nadan&#8221;)
Avall&#243;nn&#235;. Fifth Age. -  It may seem to be more than a little self-aggrandizing to refer to myself as a Modern-Day D&#250;nadan but I do so nonetheless.  I will hasten, however, to (a) make clear that I do not lay claim to [...]]]></description>
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