An Unexpected Journal: The Imaginative Harvest of Holly Ordway by An Unexpected Journal, Michael Ward, Holly Ordway, Jesse W. Baker, Donald W. Catchings, Jr, Annie Crawford, Virginia De La Lastra, Ryan Grube, Seth Myers, Annie Nardone, Joseph Pearce, Josiah Peterson, Theresa Pihl, Jamie Danielle Portwood, Zak Schmoll, Jason M Smith, Clark Weidner, Donald T. Williams & Jared Zimmerer

An Unexpected Journal: The Imaginative Harvest of Holly Ordway

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Planting the Seeds of Imagination

Holly Ordway has established herself as one of the preeminent voices in the field of cultural apologetics. Her ability to engage with the imagination is clearly demonstrated through her own scholarly work, most recently the paradigm-shifting Tolkien's Modern Reading, but her influence was critical in the founding of An Unexpected Journal as well. This collection of essays, poetry, and stories demonstrates her wide-ranging impact that is truly bearing a fruitful harvest.
 

Contributors
"Maps," My Map by Jesse W. Baker on the importance of poetry."Contrary Winds: Tolkien's Priority of Faith and Family" by Donald W. Catchings, Jr. on Tolkien's personal values, and "The Call" on the teacher's call.A review of Tolkien's Modern Reading by Annie Crawford"Drawing the Drawing Out of Me" by Virginia de la Lastra on a pleasant surprise."Ordway's Myth-Busting Research: Tolkien's Modern Reading (A Review)" by Ryan Grube on a paradigm shift."Poetry as Prayer, Imagination the Spark to Worship and Service: Ordway's Review of Gerard Manley Hopkins in Word on Fire's Ignatian Collection" by Seth Myers on contemplation, poetry, and missionizing."A Passage to Something Better" by Annie Nardone on Tolkien's approach to virtue.An interview with Holly Ordway"Middle-earth and the Middle Ages" by Joseph Pearceon the influence of Beowulf."Dr. Ordway's Visual Guide to Paragraph Structure" by Josiah Peterson on creating meaning."Lost and Found" by Theresa Pihl on changing perspective;"Learning Writing at Writespace" by Jamie Danielle Portwood on the importance of community."Gandalf: The Prophetic Mentor" by Zak Schmoll on the Defeat of Sauron."A Case of Mistaken Identity" by Jason M. Smith on our great misconception."Peak Middle-earth: Why Mount Doom is not the Climax of The Lord of the Rings" by Michael Ward"Echo and Narcissus" by Clark Weidner on the goodness of reality."Some Real Magic: Taliessin Lectureth in the School of the Poets" and "The Challenge of 'The Republic'" by Donald T. Williams on poetic imagination."Unveiling Reality Through the Imagination" by Jared Zimmerer on a strategy to fight meaninglessness.

Cover Illustration by Virginia de la Lastra

Advent 2021, Volume 4, Issue 4
270 pages

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