“Maiorum Traditio: A Patristic Remedy for Modernist Woes”, by Fr. Joseph Carola, S.J. [2021]. 26th Annual Peter Richard Kenrick Lecture on 23 September [2021]. The text is available in pdf format at the Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. The video of the lecture is available as a Youtube video linked by the Kenrick-Glennon Seminary.
“The Image of the Invisible God (Col. 1:15): Forming a Sacramental Imagination through the Works of Hopkins and O’Connor”, by Catherine Blume (May, 2021). Thesis for the Degree of Master of Arts, Department of English, University of Virginia. Available in pdf format on this page of the University of Virginia Library.
Posted in remembrance of Flannery O’Connor (+ 03 August 1964). See also these texts on the same novelist and her work: Continue reading →
En Route, by J. K. Huysmans, translated by W. Fleming (eBook released December 31, 2007, prepared by Camille François, Suzanne Shell, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team). Available in various formats at Project Gutenberg.
“Tolkien’s Catholic Imagination: Mediation and Tradition”, by Thomas W. Smith, Religion & Literature, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Summer, 2006), pp. 73-100. Posted by Thomas Smith at Academia.edu.
Likewise, view or hear these media concerning Tolkien’s secondary creation:
“Christian Themes in ‘Lord of the Rings’ – Biola University Chapel”, by Dr. Peter Kreeft. Lecture delivered on November 18, 2013. The video of the lecture is available at Youtube (published on Jan 7, 2014).
“J.R.R. Tolkien discussing The Lord of the Rings (1960s Interview)”. The video is available on this page of Youtube (published on Aug 27, 2015).
“J.R.R. Tolkien, Master Evangelist”, by Bishop Robert Barron. The video is available on this page of the Youtube channel of Bishop Robert Barron (published on May 27, 2019).
“JRR Tolkien and True Fairy Tales w Fr Longenecker (Dr Marshall #185)”, by Dr. Taylor Marshall and Fr. Dwight Longenecker. The video is available on this page of the Youtube page of Dr Taylor Marshall (premiered Nov 30, 2018).
“Peter Kreeft – Lord of the Rings: Beauty and Language”, by Dr. Peter Kreeft. The video is available at Youtube (published on March 6, 2012).
“Tolkien’s Leaf”, by Fr. Mike Schmitz. The video is available on this page (Published on Oct 25, 2017) at the Youtube channel Ascension Presents.
“Unlocking the Catholicism of ‘The Lord of the Rings’”, by Joseph Pearce. Public lecture delivered at Christendom College on 30 March 2015.
“Heroic Virtue in Newman’s Callista and Tolkien’s Frodo”, by Father Nicholas J. Rouch, S.T.D. Notes for a lecture delivered at the Fordham University Forum “Newman and Tolkien: Using Literary Genius for the Catholic Faith” at the Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus), New York City on February 20, 2012. May be read online at Yumpu (uploaded by the International Centre of Newman Friends).
“New Words for Ecclesiology: Newman and Tolkien”, by Dr. John Ryle Kezel. Lecture delivered at the Fordham University Forum “Newman and Tolkien: Using Literary Genius for the Catholic Faith” at the Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus), New York City on February 20, 2012. Available in pdf format (on this page) at International Centre of Newman Friends. [N.B., The name of the author is not in the text, and was ascertained from this page after an online search. Correction on this point, if any, would be appreciated.]
“The Renaissance of Natural Law: Tolkien, Fantasy, and Video Games”, by Edward Castronova (September 18, 2012). Available in pdf format at the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) through this link.
“’Surely You Don’t Disbelieve’: Tolkien and Pius X: Anti-Modernism in Middle-Earth”, by A. R. Bossert, Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature, Vol. 25, No. 1, Article 5 (2006). Available in pdf format at Mythlore.
“True Myth: Tolkien’s Catholic Imagination”, by Aldean B. Hendrickson. According to the text: “This paper was originally delivered 8 February 2011 as part of the Ottawa ‘Theology On Tap’ lecture series”. Posted by Aldean Hendrickson at Academia.edu.
“’What punishments of God are not gifts?’ The meaning of suffering in Tolkien’s life and work”, by Martina Juričková, Ars Aeterna, vol. 10, issue 2. Available in pdf format at Sciendo (published online 14 February 2019).
Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though I oft have passed them by, A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun. (J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Road Goes Ever On“)
“O Creator of the universe… instruct my tongue and guide my pen to convey the wonderful glory of the Gospel. Make my intellect sharp, my memory clear, and my words eloquent, so that I may faithfully interpret the mysteries which you have revealed.” (Excerpt of Prayer before Writing or Preaching by St. Thomas Aquinas, from A Catholic Prayer Book on CatholiCity).
“The Anointed Imagination: The Character of Catholic Literature in the Twentieth Century”, by Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis, Communio: International Catholic Review, Volume 18.1 (Spring 1991): pp. 69-88. Available in PDF format through this page of Communio.
On the Feast of David the Prophet in the Maronite church; and in remembrance of the Catholic Christian writer Flannery O’Connor (d. 3 August 1964). For more legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). Lord, bring back the Catholic Renaissance!
The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria; A Drama of Early Christian Rome, by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, translated by Denis Florence Mac-Carthy (Dublin: John F. Fowler; London: John Camden Hotten, 1870). Available in various formats at Internet Archive, Open Library, and Project Gutenberg.
On the Feast of Saints Chrysanthus and Daria in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
Studies in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes (Audiobook), by Ronald A. Knox, from Sources in the Literature of Sherlock Holmes (1911). Available at Internet Archive (Maria Lectrix Audio Books, August 2, 2006), which states: “The foundation document for Sherlockian studies, this is also a hilarious satire of Biblical and literary criticism. The author, Ronald A. Knox, later became better known as Msgr. Ronald A. Knox, Bible translator and mystery writer.”