Tolkien, Lewis & Theology

I'm going to have to disagree with Arie on both her points.

First, although I'm not that educated on the subject, I believe that it was Tolkien who had a greater influence on Lewis' life, not the other way around. In CS Lewis' SURPRISED BY JOY he states that Tolkien was influential in his eventual conversion to christianity.

Second, I think that if one wants to leave evidence of being a christian for after one is gone, then that person would write a book which addresses that issue directly. If I want people to know that I am a believer I will write a book on how I became one, not a fantasy that might be misinterpreted.

I don't think that Tolkien thought that if he put his beleifs in his stories that everyone would remember him for his christianity. He probably just wanted to write an entertaining story that all could enjoy, and it just happened that his beleifs crept into his writing