Are there analyses of “The Lord of the Rings” of the parallels and analogies to the Christian Gospel?
Introduction JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is not an explicitly Christian book, but it is a book only a Christian could have written, and Tolkien was indeed a committed Christian. In The Lord of the Rings Tolkien addresses the timeless problems of human nature which past myths and sagas have addressed. Indeed, he has done so by writing his own myth — and in such a brilliant way that one can almost believe that he really found an ancient Hobbit manuscript in some dusty old library and translated it into English. However, throughout The Lord of the Rings there are echoes of what Tolkien sincerely believed to be the truths of Christianity — truths which offer solutions to these problems of human nature. The Hearts of Men Much has been written about what the Ring in The Lord of the Rings symbolizes, and much that has been written ignores what Tolkien himself has said on the subject. I think the Ring symbolizes exactly what its effect is: the desire to become ruler of the Universe — o
