Joseph Pearce To Discuss Lord Of The Rings At Christendom: Renowned author, speaker, and professor Joseph Pearce will deliver a lecture titled “Unlocking the Catholicism of The Lord of the Rings” to the Christendom College community on March 30 at 7: 00 p. m. in St. Lawrence Commons. Launching the college’s Major Speakers Program for the spring semester, the talk is open to the public.

Pearce, the director of the Center for Faith and Culture at Aquinas College, is the co- editor of the St. Austin Review, the executive director of Catholic Courses, and the series editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions.

Born in London, England, Pearce was formerly involved with radical politics in his youth, before a discovery of the works of G. K. Chesterton led him to convert to Roman Catholicism in 1989.

Tolkien described The Lord of the Rings as “ a fundamentally religious and Catholic work.” In his talk, Pearce will unlock the Catholic symbolism that allows Tolkien’s epic to be read and understood on the deepest level of religious significance.

Pearce is an internationally renowned author or editor of over 20 books, including The Quest for Shakespeare, Tolkien: Man and Myth, and C. S. Lewis and The Catholic Church.

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