J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and their fellow Inklings have had a profound impact on popular culture. While many academics have had difficulty understanding the Inkling's influence, often believing it will one day soon be lost, every indication suggests that the Inklings, and not their academic critics, will have the last word. In a series of essays, the author establishes many of the important thoughts of the Inklings, and then actively engages them, showing how their ideas influence his own.