Dr. Rebekah Lamb

Aug. 19, 2025

J.R.R. Tolkien's Detached Aesthetics I Dr. Rebekah Lamb

Dr. Rebekah Lamb explores J.R.R. Tolkien’s “detached aesthetics,” revealing how his Christian understanding of spiritual detachment shapes his writing, especially in "The Lord of the Rings," as a means of cultivating hope, wonder, and a rightly ordered love for the world.