The Silmarillion. The Genesis of Tolkien’s Fantastic World

April 25, 2021

“We find in the comparative Narratives of the Bible and of J.R.R. Tolkien parallels between an Objective Theology and a Subjective Theology. Whether or not Tolkien’s Oxford lectures were concerning the primary or secondary world, he made it clear that LOGOS would take hold of either world. The Silmarillion, the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings were and are Tolkien’s “Extra Christian” world. A world of joy, sorrow and Salvation to the reader”

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