This was posted last week on
littlemanpoet's thread,
The Emblems of Religion don't belong ... or do they?".
Son of Númenor's distinction between evangelical and eucatastrophic
I like
Sono's post for two reasons. It is first of all succinct. And second it relates the question to aspects of Tolkien's own theorising about narrative. Tolkien did not proselytise his faith even while his faith is expressed in his art. Very astute and perceptive, Sono!