Grapho : Concordia Seminary Student Journal
Article Title
Document Type
Article
Keywords
gandalf, tolkien, frodo, galadriel, christian, evil, saruman, gollum
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
When considering potential gospel patterns in J. R. R. Tolkien’s work, every critic is met with two conflicting realities. Firstly, the presence of gospel patterns is abundantly apparent in Tolkien’s work. Secondly, Tolkien himself stated rather emphatically that he did not intend to create a Christian allegory. Clyde S. Kilby writes, “The story, says [Tolkien], is ‘not ‘about’ anything but itself ’ and certainly ‘has no allegorical intentions, general, particular or topical, moral, religious or political.’ [Tolkien] declares in fact that he has a ‘cordial dislike’ of allegory.”1
Disciplines
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
Ephesians 4:9–10; Matthew 28:18b; Matthew 26:39; Ephesians 4:13; Ephesians 5:13-14; John 14:27;
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
People in this Resource (separated by commas)
J. R. R. Tolkien, Clyde S. Kilby, Ralph C. Wood, Ronald Hutton, Christopher Garbowski,
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Jones, Andrew
(2018)
"Mythical Typology in The Lord of the Rings,"
Grapho : Concordia Seminary Student Journal: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/grapho/vol1/iss1/6
