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There are a number of universities and colleges that offer course work in Tolkien stuides. | There are a number of universities and colleges that offer course work in Tolkien stuides. This is a listing of some of the courses devoted sololy to Tolkien studies. There are some institutions that offer Tolkien studies as part of another course. | ||
* [[wikipedia:Bethel University|Bethel University]] offers a course on the theology of [[Middle-earth]]. | * [[wikipedia:Bethel University|Bethel University]] offers a course on the theology of [[Middle-earth]]. | ||
* [[wikipedia:Bradley University|Bradley Unviersity]] offers a course taught by J.R.R. Tolkien scholar [[Mike Foster]] on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. | |||
* Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning offers a course on the literature of Tolkien and how it relates to his understanding of earlier fantasy literature.<ref>[http://www.cf.ac.uk/learn/english/exploring_tolkien.php Exploring Tolkien: There and Back Again]</ref> | * Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning offers a course on the literature of Tolkien and how it relates to his understanding of earlier fantasy literature.<ref>[http://www.cf.ac.uk/learn/english/exploring_tolkien.php Exploring Tolkien: There and Back Again]</ref> | ||
* [[wikipedia:Rutgers University|Rutgers University]] offers a course on Christian elements found in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref>[http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~wcd/tolkien.htm English 321: Tolkien & Oxford Christianity]</ref> | * [[wikipedia:Rutgers University|Rutgers University]] offers a course on Christian elements found in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref>[http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~wcd/tolkien.htm English 321: Tolkien & Oxford Christianity]</ref> | ||
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Tolkien studies is the scholarly research of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien this includes this fictional literature and languages and his philolgist research.
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There are a number of universities and colleges that offer course work in Tolkien stuides. This is a listing of some of the courses devoted sololy to Tolkien studies. There are some institutions that offer Tolkien studies as part of another course.
- Bethel University offers a course on the theology of Middle-earth.
- Bradley Unviersity offers a course taught by J.R.R. Tolkien scholar Mike Foster on The Lord of the Rings.
- Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning offers a course on the literature of Tolkien and how it relates to his understanding of earlier fantasy literature.[1]
- Rutgers University offers a course on Christian elements found in The Lord of the Rings.[2]
- Victoria University of Wellington offers a course on The Lord of the Rings and how it relates to medieval literature.[3]
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