Caldecott ca. 2010
Stratford Caldecott (November 26, 1953 - July 17, 2014) was an English writer, publisher, and editor who converted to Christianity after coming to a deep understanding of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia. For many decades, Caldecott wrote essays and books concerning Tolkien and Catholicism.
In 1994, he and his wife Leonie founded a research center, merged for a few years with the G. K. Chesterton Institute, in Oxford where Tolkien had been educated.
He died on July 17, 2014 of prostate cancer.
Books & articles[]
- 1999 - "Over the Chasm of Fire: Christian Heroism in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings", contributed to Joseph Pearce's Tolkien: A Celebration
- 2002 - "The Lord and Lady of the Rings", featured in Touchstone Magazine
- 2002 - "The Horns of Hope: J.R.R. Tolkien and the Heroism of Hobbits", featured in The Chesterton Review, volume 28
- 2005 - The Power of the Ring: The Spiritual Vision Behind The Lord of the Rings (Revised edition published in 2011)
- 2008 - Compiled Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: Sources of Inspiration with Thomas Honegger, featuring Caldecott's essay "Tolkien's Project"
External links[]
Stratford Caldecott at Wikipedia- January 2013 interview with Pieter Collier for TolkienLibrary.com
