Tolkien and Catholic Saints - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

01-06-2003, 09:15 PM

Greetings, all! I'm not an expert on the subject, but i recently went to a lecture on a book called "Sanctifying Myth" which was about religious symbolism in the works of J.R.R Tolkien.Its very interesting, you might want to check it out. Anyhow, it did say that Tolkien was a devout catholic and had said that his religion was reflected in his books... It goes into depth with the sybolism, but im not sure how much of it is true.

01-06-2003, 09:15 PM	#30
Jenna Guest Posts: n/a	Greetings, all! I'm not an expert on the subject, but i recently went to a lecture on a book called "Sanctifying Myth" which was about religious symbolism in the works of J.R.R Tolkien.Its very interesting, you might want to check it out. Anyhow, it did say that Tolkien was a devout catholic and had said that his religion was reflected in his books... It goes into depth with the sybolism, but im not sure how much of it is true.