tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post3665353219686989510..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Why is the Lord of the Rings so good at nourishing the spiritual flame?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-68432285411349449762014-04-28T13:18:56.829+01:002014-04-28T13:18:56.829+01:00I think Pilgrim's Regress is inside this post ...I think Pilgrim's Regress is inside this post struggling to get out.Adam G.http://www.jrganymede.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-43964854485913674312014-04-27T22:11:46.033+01:002014-04-27T22:11:46.033+01:00Makes a lot of sense. I do wonder if the popularit...Makes a lot of sense. I do wonder if the popularity of the series and of the fantasy genre in general relates to the general spiritual barrenness of the modern world.<br /><br />Of course Tolkien claimed it was a subcreation (sub- to the real one), and that humans like to make up imaginary worlds because we are made in God's image, and He made the real one.<br /><br />I do think Tolkien's religiosity gave the whole thing a sense of wonder and medievality (word?), given as medieval people were religious and knew a lot less about the world than we do now. (I mean, medieval Englishmen probably thought of Frenchmen the way we would aliens...)SFGnoreply@blogger.com