Part One: The Shire

1Koinonia in The Lord of the Rings

Philip Ryken

2Searching for Home in Middle-earth

J. Collin Huber

3Love at the Burning Edge of Doom: Friendship and Biblical Theology in The Lord of the Rings

Chris Bruno and Mark Brians

4"Her Heart Changed, or at Least She Understood It"

Christine Falk Dalessio

Part Two: Osgiliath

5Gandalf Grey, Apostle to Men and Elves

Douglas Estes

6Reading Barth on Jackson's Set: Threefold Salvation in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Jerome Van Kuiken

7Art and Sub-Creation: Tolkien's Theology of Art

Miguel Benitez, Jr.

8The Culture Wars and The Lord of the Rings: Models of Christian Engagement

Alex Sosler

9Theodicies in The Lord of the Rings

Rodrigo Follis, Fábio Augusto Darius, and Ismael Silva

Part Three: The Greenway

10A Nutritious Reading: A Theological View of Food in Tolkien's Writing

Federico Maria Rossi

11Nazgûl and the Perversion of Spiritual Senses

Trevor B. Williams

12"Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost": Greed and Power in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works

Anthony Glaise

13The Doom of Elves and Men: A Thought Experiment on Death and Immortality

Keith A. Mathison

14Thinking Like an Ent: Treebeard and the Pastoral Wisdom of Eugene Peterson

Trygve D. Johnson