- Lecture #1: Introduction
- Lecture #2: Background in Classical & Romance
- Lecture #3 Charles Williams
- Lecture #4: C.S. Lewis
- Lecture #5: J.R.R. Tolkien
- Lecture #6: LOTR Background – Norse to Arthurian
- Lecture #7: Combat Myth, Celtic & Saxon
- Lecture #8: LOTR Religious Considerations
- Lecture #9: Modern Fantasy
- Lecture #10: Harry Potter I
- Lecture #11: Harry Potter II
- Lecture #12: Harry Potter III & Conclusion
Fantasy and Religion Bibliography 2026
Joseph Campbell: (1904-1987), The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 1949
William Morris: (1834-1896), The House of the Wulfings; The Wood Beyond the World: The Well at the world’s End; The Water of the wondrous Isles.
Eric Rucker Eddison:(1882-1945), The Worm Ouroboros (1926).
Mervyn Peake: (1911-1968), The Gormenghast Trilogy. (1946)ss
The Inklings
Charles Williams: (1886-1945), All Hallows Eve, (1945); Shadows of Ecstasy (1933); War in Heaven (1930); Many Dimensions (1931); The Place of the Lion (1931); The Greater Trumps (1932); Descent into Hell (1937);
C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), The Screwtape Letters (1942); The Great Divorce, (1945); The Chronicles of Narnia; (1950-1956) seven volumes.
J.R.R.Tolken (1892-1973); The Silmarillion (1917, 1977); The Hobbit (1937); The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955);
Ursula LeGuin (1929-2018); The Earthsea Trilogy (1970ff); four books in series Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007); A Wrinkle in Time, (1962ff), A Swiftly Tilting Planet, A wind in the Door, Many Waters, An Acceptable Time.
Katherine Kurtz (1944-) Deryni series (16 books). 1970ff.
Susan Cooper (1935-) The Dark is Rising series (1973ff. 5 in series Mary Doria Russell (1950-). The Sparrow (1996), Children of God (1998).
Phillip Pullman (1946-), Dark Materials trilogy
J. K. Rowling (1965-) Harry Potter series (8 books) (1997)