Collected essays in celebration of J.R.R. Tolkien's great literary legacy, and the spiritual values and faith which undergirded his imaginary Middle-earth. Includes personal recollections from George Sayer and Walter Hooper, C. S. Lewis's biographer, and thirteen other essays, including: * J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of Middle-earth by Stephen Lawhead, himself a best-selling fantasy author with HarperCollins * Tolkien and the Art of Parable by Robert Murray SJ, a friend of Tolkien * The Sense of Time in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings by Kevin Aldrich * The Passion According to Tolkien by Sean McGrath * Tolkien and his critics by Patrick Curry