Tolkien book topic of LSUS discussion 10-31-01
J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” will be the topic of an informal coffeehouse discussion on the LSU in Shreveport campus Friday (Nov. 9). The discussion, sponsored by the Pilots’ Cru - the LSUS campus chapter of Campus Crusade for Christ - and the Baptist Collegiate Ministry, will be led by Dr. Ralph Wood, of Baylor University.

The 1 p.m. bring-your-own-lunch session, “Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’: A Book for Our Time of Terror,” will be in the Caddo-Bossier Room of the LSUS University Center.

British readers recently named “Lord of the Rings” the most important book of the 20th Century. Despite critics’ protests that only children and immature readers can admire Tolkien’s most famous work, thousands of thoughtful adults are eagerly anticipating the first “Lord of the Rings” film to be released in December.

Wood is a native of Cass County, Texas, and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from East Texas State University. He earned a second master’s degree and a doctorate at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. He was a member of the faculties at Wake Forest University and Samford University before becoming a professor of theology and literature at Baylor.