If I remember correctly from the biographies I have read on both, JRR Tolkien was the first Roman Catholic Dean of English at Oxford. CS Lewis was both a friend and a confidant of Tolkien. Tolkien actually was instrumental in his conversion to Christianity. Apparently he was an atheist.
Tolkien wrote "The Hobbit" to entertain his son Christopher during an illness, I think and wrote LOTR when Christopher was older and in the army for him again. The Silmarillion was the only Middle Earth book he actually wrote for publication first. The others were labors of love and the Silmarillion was put together as work. Russel Madere Webmaster 504.832.9835 SunShine Pages by EATEL www.sunshinepages.com -----Original Message----- From: Yves Arsenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 8:49 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: I have to change my system name He (Tolkien) and C.S. Lewis were supposedly great friends.... Lewis wrote the Narnia collection (for kids)... And various christian/english/sci-fi books.... A couple of my favorite writers.... there was another well known author who was in their circle of friends at the time... can't remember who.. Just sending my 2 cents. :-) Yves On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:41:57 -0400, Judith Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The first two, Gondolin and Nargothrond were two great elvish cities > >of Tolkien's Simarillion, the third, Moria was a ruined Dwarvish city > >from LOTR. > > > >Some fundies actually do think that LOTR is on par with Harry Potter - > >it has wizards and magic in it, THEREFORE IT IS EVIL. > > > I think the weirdest part of that is what a devout Christian Tolkien was (I just read a great biography about him.) And LOTR's supreme lesson, I always thought, was that relatively powerless people can overcome great evil. His works are a study in what evil can do to people -- for instance, the effects of the ring on Bilbo and Frodo over time and the taming of the Shire at the end of the Return of the King. He used fantasy and storytelling to convey his message, but it's there in everything he wrote. Tolkien was anything but a promoter of evil. > > Judith > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144234 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
