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In advance of The Hobbit hitting theaters, Crosswalk.com talks with Dr. Ralph Wood, Dr. Michael Ward and Rick Trumbo about J.R.R. Tolkien's faith...

Colin Duriez set out to answer this question about the author of The Hobbit: “Who was the man who became a legend?”

Whether or not you’re fanatic enough to dress up for the midnight showing, here’s some advice for how to experience of The Hobbit.

Peter Jackson says he's following the spirit if not the letter of the novel by stretching The Hobbit into a trilogy.

As I talked with a friend over coffee one night, the two of us began to reflect on how J.R.R. Tolkien's faith was reflected in his writing...

Why should such a perverted creature be looked on with pity? Tolkien used the tragic story of Gollum to remind us of grace and mercy.

J.R.R. Tolkien saw himself as a hobbit in every way but in stature.

The book has spawned hundreds of imitations which unfortunately do not share its Christian world view.

Rachel Held Evans' controversial new book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood, is valuable, humorous, and confusing.

Who are the men, women, films, TV shows, books, computer games and other pop culture icons from the past 60 years that have shaped us in...

Dead Man’s Hand, by award-winning author Eddie Jones, is a western mystery told in the least offensive way possible.

One of the most famous members of the group was J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He liked the name Inklings,...

For Steven James, his latest book, Opening Moves, is personal in more ways than one.

There’s a simple reason for it. Richard Paul Evans is a Number One New York Times best-selling author because he knows how to tell a story.

Sometimes it’s hard to disguise reality. Consider The Rise of Nine, James Frey’s latest sequel in his Lorien Legacies series about teenaged aliens...