for very different reasons. As a non-Christian, I myself might well not come up
with these same themes if I were a writer, but that doesn't make them
uninteresting or unimportant, and my thought is enriched by seeing them framed
in a way other than my own framing. This is as true for an overtly Christian
writer like, say, Milton as it is for a writer who does not bring his religion
openly into his work.
That said, I also agree with Curious: Tolkien's attempt to keep religion out of
his writing has opened it up to a much broader audience—without, I think, that
particular risk of agreement that Chip
describes.
Lúthien Rising
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