Amon Sûl

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick and Ancient Faith Radio

Exploring the Tolkien Legendarium with the Christian Faith

  • 109 - The Last Homely House: The Masculine Urge to Go On About the Sea
    Richard is joined by Deacon Davede Thompson for the finale of our Earendil series. They talk about St. Augustine, Old English poetry, Earendil, and the Tale of the Mariner and His Wife
    4 October 2024, 3:57 pm
  • 108 - Like Rain on the Mountain
    In this presentation from Doxamoot 2024, Richard Rohlin presents his talk "Like Rain on the Mountain: Theodoric, Beowulf, Theoden, and Tolkien’s Elegy for Northern Courage."
    26 September 2024, 6:00 am
  • 107 - Love's Obligation
    In this presentation from Doxamoot 2024, Dr. Cyril Jenkins presents his talk "Love’s Obligation: Deceit and Truth - The Divide Between Virtue and Vice in Tolkien."
    19 September 2024, 6:00 am
  • 106 - We Heard of the Horns in the Hills Ringing
    In this presentation from Doxamoot 2024, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick presents his talk "'We heard of the horns in the hills ringing': Musical memory of the Rohirrim in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings."
    12 September 2024, 6:00 am
  • 105 - Pentecost at the Stone of Erech
    In this presentation from Doxamoot 2024, Richard Rohlin presents his talk "Pentecost at the Stone of Erech: Oathbreakers and Covenant Keepers in the Legendarium."
    5 September 2024, 1:04 pm
  • 104 - A Diet of Wyrms
    Dcn. Nicholas Kotar is back on the podcast to discuss with Fr. Andrew what is probably the funniest of all of Tolkien’s stories, the non-Legendarium tale “Farmer Giles of Ham.” Pull up a chair, grab a big bowl full of Dragon’s Tail, and be prepared for some storytelling joy.
    29 June 2024, 7:36 am
  • 103 -The Last Homely House: The Masculine Urge to Die at Sea
    Fr. Andrew comes over to this side of the podcast to discuss the tale of The Mariner’s Wife, one of the most melancholy tales in the legendarium. They talk about marriage, the sea, and Fr. Andrew even shares a beautiful piece of music to lift our spirits at the end…
    11 June 2024, 6:06 pm
  • 102 -The Last Homely House: The War of Wrath
    Podcaster and entomologist Aaron Irber of “I Might Believe in Faeries” rejoins Richard to continue his extended deep-read of the Silmarillion. They finish up the Quenta Silmarillion proper. If this series has passed from the high and the beautiful to darkness and ruin, that was of old the fate of Arda Marred; and if any change shall come and the Marring be amended, Manwë and Varda may know; but they have not revealed it, and it is not declared in the dooms of Mandos
    21 May 2024, 5:40 pm
  • 101 - Niggle by Cyril
    Dr. Cyril Jenkins joins Fr. Andrew for a reading of Tolkien’s short story “Leaf by Niggle.” Is this really an allegory? What does it say about this life and the life of the age to come? Why did Tolkien write this story?
    25 April 2024, 5:03 am
  • 100 - There's (No) Religion in Middle-earth
    After 99 episodes of talking about how to interpret Tolkien’s works in religious and specifically Orthodox Christian terms, in Episode 100 Fr. Andrew and Richard talk about all that religion that really is in Middle-earth. Because actually it really is in there – prayer, worship, invocation of saints, etc. The episode wraps up with a big announcement about the future of the podcast.
    3 April 2024, 6:33 pm
  • 099 - Lenten Meditation: How to Save the Shire
    Richard Rohlin returns from his travels and travails with a lenten meditation on food and song, bacon and eggs, and the love of home.
    29 March 2024, 3:58 pm
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