Did J.R. R. Tolkien actually believe The Lord of the Rings happened ...

The story by J.R.R.Tolkien of 'The Fall of Man' that I believe every ...

Tolkien did not take the fundamentalist interpertation of Genesis as hard, 100% history, though he did believe it is a wonderful myth (and he ...

Fantasy Without Tolkien? Yes That Happened, and Yes It Matters

Of course there was! But that's not the point. The point is, it wouldn't matter if those had been, if it hadn't been for Tolkien. The ...

How Accurate Is The Rings of Power From a Tolkien Book Fan ...

For a number of years, I wondered what Tolkien himself would have thought of the films if he had lived to see them. After reading Tolkien's ...

Book 315: The Fellowship of the Ring (LOTR #1) – J.R.R. Tolkien

Tolkien was very open about why he wrote the book and that it wasn't an allegory or anything of the kind, it was an escapism tale he wrote to ...

The Lord of the Rings - The Tolkien Estate

Only in 1954 was the first part published, entitled The Fellowship of the Ring, followed by The Two Towers and The Return of the King, in 1955. The book was so ...

J.R.R. Tolkien's Advice On Keeping the Faith in Dark Times

J.R.R. Tolkien was Catholic ... Jesus was not a real person!” JRRT: It takes a fantastic will to unbelief to suppose that Jesus never really ...

What did J. R. R. Tolkien mean by the true myth? - Facebook

J.R.R. Tolkien first introduced the idea of the “true myth” to C.S. Lewis and the rest is well…history! In this video, I explain to our friend ...

J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Lord of the Rings”, and Free Will - Mythic Scribes

The way Tolkien handles the many huge spiritual themes that are woven into the Lord of the Rings like so many intricate threads is really special. The dialogue ...

Did Tolkien believe in God?

Yes, Tolkien was a practicing, and from his writings, very sincere Catholic/Christian. There are some very good biographies of him that might ...

C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Conjuring of Imaginary Worlds

It was, in fact, the influence of Tolkien which ultimately led to the deeply religious elements of the series, where much of the dogma remains, only the faces ...

There and Back Again: Visiting Tolkien's World to Understand Our ...

According to Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings is a “fundamentally religious” work. ... To enjoy the richness of Middle-earth, one must grasp how ...

Lord of the Rings: How To Read J.R.R. Tolkien - YouTube

Tolkien was motivated by love. not money or fame or pursuit of intellectual or artistic excellence. his work has a soul and reader with a ...

The Rings of Power, LOTR, and Bible Adaptation

Unlike CS Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia, LOTR is not an allegory (a genre that Tolkien found distasteful), nor does it contain references to ...

J.R.R. Tolkien - That I Should Gain

The reality of the Christian faith isn't that we are Frodo in the story and quest to destroy the ring, but that Jesus Christ is our Frodo. Jesus has stepped ...

How The Rings of Power Got Tolkien's Moral Vision Wrong (Guest

The billion-dollar Amazon series Rings of Power is said to be based on the world of J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. But is it a faithful ...

J.R.R. Tolkien - Other Authors: Can any compare? Showing 1-13 of 13

Many people don't understand that Tolkien's contributions to fantasy actually go quite deeper than The Lord of the Rings, people who enjoy the ...

The Lord of the Rings, the concept of 'white magic' and the thinking ...

Tolkien is rolling over in his grave. He didn't intend for it to be allegory of any kind. He (unlike his good friend C.S. Lewis) did not like ...

J.R.R Tolkien And Ireland – AN SIONNACH FIONN

In fact he goes out of his way to stress that he didn't visit Ireland until after the Lord of the Rings was written. What made him emphasise his relative ...

Will the Real J.R.R. Tolkien Please Stand Up? - Word on Fire

Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead? ... A few years after that, I was teaching college literature, and still thinking about The Lord of the Rings ...

THE LORD OF THE RINGS – J.R.R. Tolkien (1955)

There will be one big problem with this review: I truly cannot assess this book on its own merits. I was 22 when the first Peter Jackson ...