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Formendacil · 06-14-2005, 11:34 PM

Fascinating- and fast-growing- thread here...

An important thing to remember, which hasn't been mentioned yet on this thread that I can see, is Tolkien's own statement about the Lord of the Rings being a fundamentally Catholic (aka Christian) work, unconsciously so in the writing, consciously in the revision.

It's a minor point to add, but one which ought to be noted on this thread, methinks.

And although this is nowhere directly stated, in the Lord of the Rings itself, it is still there in the underlying structure. Note that the Harry Potter books have no such claim made- anywhere- by J.K. Rowling about them being "fundamentally Christian".

06-14-2005, 11:34 PM	#19
Formendacil Dead Serious Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Perched on Thangorodrim's towers. Posts: 3,328	Fascinating- and fast-growing- thread here... An important thing to remember, which hasn't been mentioned yet on this thread that I can see, is Tolkien's own statement about the Lord of the Rings being a fundamentally Catholic (aka Christian) work, unconsciously so in the writing, consciously in the revision. It's a minor point to add, but one which ought to be noted on this thread, methinks. And although this is nowhere directly stated, in the Lord of the Rings itself, it is still there in the underlying structure. Note that the Harry Potter books have no such claim made- anywhere- by J.K. Rowling about them being "fundamentally Christian". __________________ I prefer history, true or feigned. Last edited by Formendacil; 06-14-2005 at 11:35 PM. Reason: Thought up more stuff two seconds too late...