Queer and Back Again

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Queering faith and fantasy in the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien.

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About Tom Emanuel

Minister. Theologian. Tolkien scholar. PhD on The Lord of the Rings and Post-Christianity @ University of Glasgow. Dad. He/him. All views my own.

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