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Southwestern Oklahoma State University

1988

Christianity in The Lord of the Rings

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Light From An Invisible Lamp: Natural Religion In The Lord Of The Rings, Catherine Madsen Mar 1988

Light From An Invisible Lamp: Natural Religion In The Lord Of The Rings, Catherine Madsen

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Argues that the tendency of many critics of The Lord of the Rings to “[mine] it for Christian content” does the work a disservice, since Tolkien explicitly states that a Secondary World should not contain Primary World elements. Examines the “natural religion” present in The Lord of the Rings, without obvious ritual, dogma, or god.

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