LOTR and classes

Dr. Robert Koons, a philosophy prof. at UT Austin, taught a class titled Phl 361K: Tolkien and Mythopoeia. Koons is a evangelical Lutheran and a member of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. He also presented a paper on Tolkien, titled, Tolkien's Wizardry: How Metaphysics Molded Middle-Earth. I think it's fascinating that a prof, such as Koons, would find Tolkien so valuable. This really makes me want to read LOTR this summer. So I will.