Ralph Cecil Wood (28 June 1942) is Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He has published several books and essays on contemporary American authors and the Inklings.
Bibliography, selected
Books
Articles
- 2002: Christianity and Literature #51
- "Teaching and Living and Dying 'As If Nothing Had Happened': The Example of J.R.R. Tolkien"
- 2003: Christian History, Issue 78
- "Good and Evil in Middle-earth"
- 2003: Christian Century #120
- "Frodo's Faith: Middle-earth truths"
- 2003: Pages Sept/Oct issue
- "What Tolkien Knew — and Believed"
- 2004: Christian Reflection
- "Frodo's Forgiveness"
- 2004: Reformed Quarterly
- "Following the Hobbit Trail: Ralph Wood, Expert on J.R.R. Tolkien" (interview)
- 2006: The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World (eds. Emily Griesinger and Mark Eaton)
- "J.R.R. Tolkien: Postmodern Visionary of Hope"
- 2007: Tree of Tales: Tolkien, Literature, and Theology (eds. Trevor Hart and Ivan Khovacs)
- "Tolkien's Augustinian Understanding of Good and Evil: Why The Lord of the Rings Is Not Manichean"
- 2008: The Ring Goes Ever On: Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference
- "J.R.R.Tolkien: Our Post-modern Contemporary"
Reviews
- 1979: Christian Century #96
- Review of Humphrey Carpenter's The Inklings
- 1999: VII: An Anglo-American Literary Review #16
- 2001: Christian Century #118
- "Frodo Lives" (reviews Tom Shippey's J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century)