Tolkien, Sanderson, World-building, and the Gospels @LydiaMcGrewChannel
Tolkien, Sanderson, World-building, and the Gospels  @LydiaMcGrewChannel
Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
It's easy (especially for skeptics) to be anachronistic when thinking about the Gospels' indications of realism and reliability. A keen awareness of *just how recent* elaborate, fictional world-building is in literary history can help to counter certain types of anachronism.
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