No, Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” isn’t Christian
The religion sure likes to say otherwise
Christians have a long history of trying to claim J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” as basically a Christian text.
With the new Amazon adaptation, The Rings of Power, there’s sure to be more rounds of it—all oddly disconnected from facts. Let’s take a look at Tolkien’s religiosity and the godless book that he wrote.