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115. On Tolkien

Undeceptions with John Dickson

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Tolkien's Christianity

This chapter explores the relation between J.R.R. Tolkien's stories and his Christianity, discussing the puzzlement over how a devout Roman Catholic could write stories about a world without the worship of God. It suggests that Tolkien's Silmarillion is the work of a profoundly religious man that compliments Christianity.

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