We have Franciscan University Associate Professor Dr. Ben Reinhard as our guest this week, and he joins us to talk about insights to the Liturgical Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien, a class he teaches online at the St. Paul Center's Emma's academy. This episode hits the spot better than 2nd breakfast!
Dr. Ben Reinhard is an Associate Professor of English at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he teaches courses in medieval literature, mythology, and the Western literary tradition. He received his B.A. from Purdue University and his M.M.S. and Ph.D. from the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame. His articles have appeared in Mythlore, Tolkien Studies, Anglo-Saxon England, and several other journals; his new translation of Beowulf was published by Cluny Press in 2022.