http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/793 This and that, now and then. Mostly book reviews, with the occasional descent into whimsy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:49:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/793#comment-740 Sun, 01 Aug 2004 14:23:18 +0000 http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/793#comment-740 I havent read that one mostly because, as I said, I tend to avoid writers who write about Tolkein. After this one, tho, I might seek that one out.... I havent read that one mostly because, as I said, I tend to avoid writers who write about Tolkein. After this one, tho, I might seek that one out….

]]> http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/793#comment-739 Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:33:12 +0000 http://www.foothills.wjduquette.com/blog/archives/793#comment-739 I've read Shippey's _J.R.R. Tolkien, Author of the Century_, which is an excellent study, except for the fact that Shippey seems completely incapable of grasping the difference between Manicheanism and Orthodoxy. In his theological shorthand, anybody who believes in a personal devil is a Manichean (he insists on calling C.S. Lewis a Manichean), which is just aggravating. Otherwise the book is great, though. I’ve read Shippey’s _J.R.R. Tolkien, Author of the Century_, which is an excellent study, except for the fact that Shippey seems completely incapable of grasping the difference between Manicheanism and Orthodoxy. In his theological shorthand, anybody who believes in a personal devil is a Manichean (he insists on calling C.S. Lewis a Manichean), which is just aggravating. Otherwise the book is great, though.

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