--- status: Read date_finished: 2024-11-09 title: J.R.R. Tolkien subtitle: "" description: Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church. Some are familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. But all, through their relationships, struggles, prayers, and desires, uniquely illuminate our shared experience. J.R.R. Tolkien famously penned The Hobbit and the three-volume novel The Lord of the Rings. Known as "the father of modern fantasy literature," his writings have inspired many other works of fantasy and have had a lasting effect on the entire genre. In this Christian Encounters biography, learn how Tolkien's faith was an intrinsic element of his creative imagination, one that played out in the pages of his writings and his life." categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Non-fiction authors: - [[Mark Horne]] published_on: 2011-08-02 publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc pages: 162 isbn: 1595551069 cover: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=zruohPQBY6IC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api local_cover: 50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/JRR Tolkien (book).jpg link: https://amzn.to/3BBkfjf tags: - type/book - books - summaries - zone/areas - zone/areas/literature_notes created: 2024-10-09T14:32 updated: 2026-04-01T14:44 public_note: true rating: ★★★★☆ --- # JRR Tolkien (book) - Author(s): Mark Horne - Link: https://amzn.to/3BBkfjf ![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/JRR Tolkien (book).jpg|200]] # Brief description Biography of [[John Ronald Reuel Tolkien]] # Key quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[JRR Tolkien (book)]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> # Key ideas ... # Chapter 1: ... ... ## References -