Review of Chesterton and Tolkien as Theologians: the Fantasy of the Real, by Alison Milbank

Authors

Robert B. Slocum, Marquette University

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

4 p.

Publication Date

Winter 2010

Publisher

Corporation of the Anglican Theological Review

Source Publication

Anglican Theological Review

Source ISSN

0003-3286

Abstract

In this regard, writers such as G. K. Chesterton and J. R. R. Tolkien can be understood as theologians who "offer a theology of art as practice," a practical theology that takes the reader "into an intuition of being through the enchanted experience of art" (p. 166). In this regard, the writings of Chesterton and Tolkien provide a much-needed renewal as they counter "the loss of sign-making capaciti'" and the "draining of shared meaning from cultural discourse in the twentieth century" (p. 163).

Comments

Published version. Anglican Theological Review, Vol. 92, No. 1 (Winter 2010): 230-233. Publisher link. © SAGE Publications. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Slocum, Robert B., "Review of Chesterton and Tolkien as Theologians: the Fantasy of the Real, by Alison Milbank" (2010). Theology Faculty Research and Publications. 246.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theo_fac/246