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1988

English Language and Literature

Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Evil in Christian theology—Influence on J.R.R. Tolkien

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Tolkien And Christian Concepts Of Evil: Apocalypse And Privation, John L. Treloar S.J. Dec 1988

Tolkien And Christian Concepts Of Evil: Apocalypse And Privation, John L. Treloar S.J.

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

Argues that Tolkien’s conception of evil in Arda comes from two Christian sources: its personification (as in Revelation), and medieval concepts (primarily from Augustine through Aquinas) of evil as privation or corruption of initial good.

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