‘The Lord of the Rings’ Is Not the Far Right’s Playground

Here’s where Tolkien’s Christian faith is most evident. We are to reject the will to power because our triumph does not depend on our strength. While Tolkien rejected the idea that “The Lord of the Rings” was an allegory (he said it was “neither allegorical nor topical”), he also said it “is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision.” Read Full Article »