Ralph C. Wood

Ralph Cecil Wood is Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He has published several books and essays on contemporary American authors and the Inklings.

Bibliography, selected

Books

• 2003: The Gospel According to Tolkien

Articles and Essays

• 2002: Christianity and Literature #51
  • "Teaching and Living and Dying 'As If Nothing Had Happened': The Example of J.R.R. Tolkien"
• 2003: Christian History XI
  • "Good and Evil in Middle-earth"
• 2003: Christian Century #120
  • "Frodo's Faith: Middle-earth truths"
• 2003: Pages Sept/Oct issue
  • "What Tolkien Knew — and Believed"
• 2004: Christian Reflection
  • "Frodo's Forgiveness"
• 2004: Reformed Quarterly
  • "Following the Hobbit Trail: Ralph Wood, Expert on J.R.R. Tolkien" (interview)
• 2006: The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World (eds. Emily Griesinger and Mark Eaton)
  • "J.R.R. Tolkien: Postmodern Visionary of Hope"
• 2007: Tree of Tales: Tolkien, Literature, and Theology (eds. Trevor Hart and Ivan Khovacs)
  • "Tolkien's Augustinian Understanding of Good and Evil: Why The Lord of the Rings Is Not Manichean"

Reviews

• 1979: Christian Century #96
  • Review of Humphrey Carpenter's The Inklings
• 1999: VII: An Anglo-American Literary Review #16
  • Review of Verlyn Flieger's A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faërie
• 2001: Christian Century #118
  • "Frodo Lives" (reviews Tom Shippey's J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century)

External links

• Official website