Peter Kreeft To Discuss ‘The Greatest Book Of The 20th Century’

St Rose of Lima’s Catholic Forum will host a special event on Sunday, October 25, with guest Dr Peter Kreeft, a distinguished professor at Boston College, will begin at 3:30 pm.

Dr Kreeft, the author of nearly 60 books, will offer a program called “Precious & Practical Profundities in The Greatest Book of the 20th Century: The Lord of the Rings.” The program will be based on Dr Kreeft’s book The Philosophy of Tolkein (October 2005).

While nothing can equal or replace the adventure in reading Tolkien’s masterwork The Lord of the Rings, Dr Kreeft says that the journey into its underlying philosophy can be another exhilarating adventure. Thus, Dr Kreeft takes readers on a voyage of discovery into the philosophical bones of Middle Earth.

He has the philosophical themes in The Lord of the Rings into 50 categories, accompanied by more than 1,000 references to the bible.

Since many of the great questions of philosophy are included in the 50-theme outline, this book can also be read as an engaging introduction to philosophy. For each of the philosophical topics in Lord, Dr Kreeft presents tools by which they can be understood.

Dr Kreeft’s presentation will be followed by a question and answer session — one of his favorite things to do, according to his website, PeterKreeft.com — and a book signing.

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