tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post1081933166394750246..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: The Power of the RingJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-33210367250708065052013-07-19T07:55:52.594-07:002013-07-19T07:55:52.594-07:00At 50 I decided it was time to read The Lord of th...At 50 I decided it was time to read The Lord of the Rings. Now I understand why people are so passionate about it. This book on Tolkien's faith sounds good.hopeinbrazilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842290165385823751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-73785673557862829402013-07-18T14:34:48.804-07:002013-07-18T14:34:48.804-07:00Oh, interesting! Thanks for the info. Historical...Oh, interesting! Thanks for the info. Historical connections are so funny sometimes--AA and Oxford Group, wow.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-40267586818016422332013-07-18T14:06:07.489-07:002013-07-18T14:06:07.489-07:00Well, I got curious enough to go to Wiki, and you&...Well, I got curious enough to go to Wiki, and you're right, JRRT wasn't in the Oxford Group. But it did exist at that time, and was a Christian fellowship type of thing. I also found out that the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous based their "meeting" style of therapy on the Oxford Group's methods. Who knew? :)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784890975490896640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-40917356435909639082013-07-18T07:33:49.459-07:002013-07-18T07:33:49.459-07:00JRRT was a really devout Catholic--daily mass and ...JRRT was a really devout Catholic--daily mass and so on. He was an Inkling, yep. It's got a reputation as being a Christian group, but it wasn't exclusively so--Owen Barfield was an Anthroposophist and IIRC there were atheists. <br /><br />You might also be thinking of the Oxford Movement, which was a Victorian thing? <br />Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-49496761864220275132013-07-18T06:43:18.199-07:002013-07-18T06:43:18.199-07:00I didn't know Tolkein was Catholic. Wasn'...I didn't know Tolkein was Catholic. Wasn't he a part of--what was it called--the Oxford Group or something? A Christian club of sorts with C. S. Lewis and some other writers at Oxford in the 1930s? Or am I thinking of the Inklings? Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784890975490896640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-87064624001370669262013-07-15T18:42:45.217-07:002013-07-15T18:42:45.217-07:00Gosh, I don't know. Not right this very minut...Gosh, I don't know. Not right this very minute--this EBB/RB thing takes a lot of time! September? Some time in the undefined future?Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-81273091274203854762013-07-15T17:21:05.534-07:002013-07-15T17:21:05.534-07:00I do want to do a readalong but not this instant m...I do want to do a readalong but not this instant minute. When were you thinking of doing it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com