What is the fascination with religious topics? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

TolkienGurl · 11-02-2002, 09:19 AM

Well, Tolkien took elements from Christianity, paganism (mythology = polytheism), and other world religions of his time and combined them in a truly unique way to produce a story. That's all it is, a story.

BTW, this topic has been discussed many many times:

Tolkien, Lewis & Theology
Unintentional Religion in Tolkien's works?
Trilogy and Bible?
just to name a few...

Go to the search engine in the top right corner of the BD screen and type in Religion and search in Entire Message. You will find tons of information.

11-02-2002, 09:19 AM	#8
TolkienGurl Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 637	Well, Tolkien took elements from Christianity, paganism (mythology = polytheism), and other world religions of his time and combined them in a truly unique way to produce a story. That's all it is, a story. BTW, this topic has been discussed many many times: Tolkien, Lewis & Theology Unintentional Religion in Tolkien's works? Trilogy and Bible? just to name a few... Go to the search engine in the top right corner of the BD screen and type in Religion and search in Entire Message. You will find tons of information. __________________ Hopes fail. An end comes. We have only a little time to wait now. We are lost in ruin and downfall and there is no escape. -Frodo My Livejournal