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Urbana Theological Seminary's
20th Anniversary
Tolkien Conference
In Person - Fri, Sep 22, 2023 Online - Sat, Sep 23, 2023
 
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Schedule

  • Friday 7pm CT (In-Person Only) – Craig A. Boyd – “Fighting the Long Defeat: A Long & Obedient Hope in the Same Direction” at Windsor Road Christian Church, 2501 Windsor Road, Champaign, IL 61822.
  • Saturday 10am CT – Austin Freeman – “Christianity is a Fairy Tale: The Theological Context of Tolkien’s On Fairy Stories”
  • 11am CT – Chris Marchand – “Instructing the Children of Illúvatar: approached to introducing Tolkien to young
    people”
  • 12pm CT -Lunch-
  • 1pm CT – Charlie Starr – “Tolkien's Alliterative Metre or How to Write Poetry Like the Rohirrim”
  • 2pm CT – Fontaine Waite – “An Unexpected Archetype”
  • 3pm CT – Melody Green – “Tolkien: 50 Years On”

About Us

This conference is presented by Urbana Theological Seminary, as part of our 20th anniversary celebrations. We are also honoring the 50th anniversery of Tolkien’s passing. This is our 7th Tolkien conference.

Urbana Theological Seminary is an interdenominational theological graduate school that offers degrees in two programs: Masters of Divinity and Masters of Arts, as well as a graduate certificate program. We regularly offer classes on J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and related authors, as well as sponsoring events such as this conference.

To find out more about our programs or about taking or auditing classes, e-mail mgreen@urbanatheologicalseminary.org.

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