Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
In this episode we are joined by one of my all-time favorite professors Dr. Sean McDonough! Sean has taught a class called "Tolkien's Apocalyptic Imagination" at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for over 20 years now and his recent book "Truth's Consuming Ecstasy" explores Revelation in light of Tolkien and 5 other literary and philosophical voices.
See Sean's previous visit to the Dojo at: youtu.be/uIk8f9VfPok
Truth’s Consuming Ecstasy is available at: amazon.com/Truths-Consuming-Ecstasy-Philosophical-Investigations/dp/1481323342
Other Tolkien resources:
* DiscipleDojo's CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien Playlist - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcS7cPUDS3pY&si=UiVpZrXTp7a7P640
* Letters of Tolkien - amazon.com/Letters-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0358652987
* The Road to Middle-Earth - amazon.com/Road-Middle-Earth-Tolkien-Created-Mythology/dp/0618257608
* Tolkien and the Great War - amazon.com/Tolkien-Great-War-Threshold-Middle-earth/dp/0618574816
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***Dojo Donor Patches: If you are a monthly donor and would like an iron-on DiscipleDojo patch, supplies are limited so message JM directly via the contact page at discipledojo.org/contact
***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at facebook.com/groups/grownupstable
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In this episode we are joined by one of my all-time favorite professors Dr. Sean McDonough! Sean has taught a class called "Tolkien's Apocalyptic Imagination" at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for over 20 years now and his recent book "Truth's Consuming Ecstasy" explores Revelation in light of Tolkien and 5 other literary and philosophical voices.
See Sean's previous visit to the Dojo at: youtu.be/uIk8f9VfPok
Truth’s Consuming Ecstasy is available at: amazon.com/Truths-Consuming-Ecstasy-Philosophical-Investigations/dp/1481323342
Other Tolkien resources:
* DiscipleDojo's CS Lewis & JRR Tolkien Playlist - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcS7cPUDS3pY&si=UiVpZrXTp7a7P640
* Letters of Tolkien - amazon.com/Letters-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0358652987
* The Road to Middle-Earth - amazon.com/Road-Middle-Earth-Tolkien-Created-Mythology/dp/0618257608
* Tolkien and the Great War - amazon.com/Tolkien-Great-War-Threshold-Middle-earth/dp/0618574816
***Disciple Dojo shirts and other gifts are available over in our online store! - zazzle.com/discipledojo
***Become a monthly Dojo Donor and help keep us going! - discipledojo.org/donate
***Dojo Donor Patches: If you are a monthly donor and would like an iron-on DiscipleDojo patch, supplies are limited so message JM directly via the contact page at discipledojo.org/contact
***If you are an unmarried Christian looking for community, check out our Facebook group “The Grownup’s Table” over at facebook.com/groups/grownupstable
------ Go deeper at discipledojo.org
Subscribe to the Disciple Dojo podcast for more in-depth teaching and discussions:
SoundCloud - soundcloud.com/discipledojo
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/26BDZz70HmnT5eoD9BEKQ7
iTunes - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/disciple-dojo/id1002934837
Amazon - tinyurl.com/uz8dbfet
