The Faith of J.R.R Tolkien with Professor Holly Ordway

Socrates in the City

“Tolkien believed that the fairytale genre was for everyone,” says Eric Metaxas’s guest, Dr. Holly Ordway, Cardinal Francis George. This delightful conversation unearths many amazing details and covers topics like how Tolkien came to faith, the important friendship with C.S. Lewis, his ambitions to be a poet, and the “Christianness” of the Lord of the Rings saga. If you liked this episode scan our QR code to see more of Socrates in the City.