Reading at the Wade

Time and Place: Saturdays, 10 - 11 a.m. meeting room, The Marion E. Wade Center, corner of Washington and Lincoln, Wheaton, Il.

Texts: Dorothy Sayers: Letters to a Diminished Church. Nelson
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Return of the King. Del Rey.
__________: The Tolkien Reader. Del Rey.

Description: The Return of the King is the third of three volumes that compose Tolkien's famous The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It presents the epic battles that finally defeat the forces of Sauron, the heroic struggle of Frodo to destroy the ring, and the party's return to the shire. "On Fairy Stories" is Tolkien's famous and provocative essay offering penetrating insights into his thought and intentions in his writings, and "Leaf by Niggle" is a mythic exploration of end-of-life issues.

In Letters to a Diminished Church Dorothy Sayers startles her readers into considering afresh the central doctrines of the Christian faith, developing a perspective upon Christian truth which is uniquely hers.

Readings:
September 24: Overview of first two volumes of The Lord of the Rings

October 1: Return of the King, Book V, Chapters 1 - 3

8: Book V, Chapters 4 - 10
15: Book VI, Chapters 1 - 4
22: Book VI, Chapters 5 - end.
29: Reader, "On Fairy Stories"

November 5: "Leaf by Niggle"
12: Sayers, Letters, pp. 1 - 33
19: Pp. 35 - 71
26: No Session

December 3: Pp. 73 - 107
10: Pp. 109 - 146
17: Pp 147 - 201.