Hren, Joshua: - JOSHUA HREN teaches and writes at the intersection of political philosophy and literature, and of Christianity and culture. He serves as associate editor of Dappled Things and as editor in chief of Wiseblood Books. His scholarly work appears in such journals as LOGOS, his poems in such journals as First Things, and his short stories in a number of literary magazines. His first academic book, Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good: J.R.R. Tolkien and Political Philosophy, will be published through Cascade Books.