A Look into Middle-earth with the Great Wanderer of Valinor

Note: This article was first published (in Romanian) in the online science-fiction journal  Galaxia 42:  Influența religiei creștine asupra operei lui J.R.R. Tolkien Professor , by Kimberly The influence of Christianity on the  Middle-earth  universe, described in J.R.R. Tolkien’s works, is undeniable, for the author was a devout Catholic Christian. Perhaps some readers and cinephiles will be surprised by this observation, given the apparent lack of any religious cult or practices within the renowned  The Lord of the Rings  trilogy; with the exception of a few blessings that allude to the Valar. The author himself stated in one of his letters that: “The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is why I have not put in, or have cut out practically all references to anything like 'religion,' to cults or practices, in the imaginary world. For the religious eleme...