Well, anybody who writes a book can't do so whitout putting a bit of themselves in it. So Tolkien as a Catholic of course wrote the books from an Christian point of wiev, the books would probably have been different if they were written by eg a hindu, but to what degree it is difficult to say.
But to say that Tolkien had any religius intentions when writing the books is totally wrong.
Silmarillion is in fact a blend of many religions and myths, you have the great flood at the end of the 2. age, this you can find in many religions around the world including the old testamente and the Koran. He stated himself that Numenor could be compared to Atlantis. The gods are clearly influenced by old Europen myths, and you can actually find an almost simmillar story on how men and elves awoke in the relegion of the Inuits on Greenland (wonder if Tolkien knew this). Tolkien was creating a world with it's own myths and gods, but I would not say that it is a very Christian influenced world, more a world influenced world if you understand what I mean.
|