The Catholic Vision of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings

A lecture by Prof. Paul Gondreau from Providence College about the Catholic interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s elic fantasy The Lord of the Rings. The lecture will be held in Griffin 3 from 7pm-8:30pm and is free and open to the public. Paul Gondreau earned his doctorate in sacred theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, writing under the renowned Thomist scholar Rev. JeanPierre Torrell, O.P. He is professor of theology at Providence College in Rhode Island, where he teaches/has taught courses on marriage, Christology, the theology of Thomas Aquinas, the Church, the Eucharist, the Sacraments, and the Catholic thought of J.R.R. Tolkien. He has a published manuscript on Christ’s human passions in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and has published numerous essays in the area of Thomistic Christology, Thomistic anthropology, a Thomistic account of human sexuality, and a Thomistic theology of disability. He is associate editor of the theological journal Nova et Vetera, and has served as a consultant to the USCCB’s committee on marriage and family. Co-sponsored by Williams Catholic and the Thomistic Institute.

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