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Articles by Holly Ordway

About Holly Ordway
Holly Ordway is the Cardinal Francis George Professor of Faith and Culture at the Word on Fire Institute and the Visiting Professor of Apologetics at Houston Christian University. She is the author of Tolkien’s Faith: A Spiritual Biography (Word on Fire Academic, 2023), Tales of Faith: A Guide to Sharing the Gospel through Literature (Word on Fire, 2021), Tolkien's Modern Reading: Middle-earth Beyond the Middle Ages (Word on Fire, 2021), and Not God’s Type: An Atheist Academic Lays Down Her Arms (Ignatius Press, 2014).
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The magnanimous faith of J.R.R. Tolkien

September 1, 2023 Holly Ordway 7

J.R.R. Tolkien, who died fifty years ago (September 2, 1973), presents a puzzle for our diverse and divided culture. The Lord of the Rings is a worldwide best-seller. It has been translated into more than fifty […]

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The Lewis Society and the genuine enjoyment of rational disagreement

August 29, 2015 Holly Ordway 0

Should the opportunity ever arise to do a bit of time-traveling – say, if a police call-box materialized in front of me – I’d be inclined to ask for just a short hop back, to […]

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A Fuller Reading of “The Fellowship”

July 22, 2015 Holly Ordway 0

J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams: two of these men are, if not exactly household names, nearly so—who has not heard of Narnia or The Lord of the Rings?. But what about the […]

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