AN ENCOURAGING THOUGHT: The Christian Worldview in the Writings of J. R. R. Tolkien Miranda Harris Follow the young man Anodos

Follow the young man Anodos on his adventures in fairyland---a quest that requires the surrender of the self and reveals the struggles of the human condition

he shows that heaven isn’t a place somewhere 'out there' but a dimension of reality – the dimension where God's will is done

deeply beloved

the child upon whom everything will depend

and spiritual preparation

AN ENCOURAGING THOUGHT: The Christian Worldview in the Writings of J. R. R. Tolkien Miranda Harris Follow the young man AnodosDonald T. Williams learned a lot about the Christian worldview from Francis Schaeffer and CS Lewis, but it was actually Tolkien who first showed him that such a thing exists and is an essential component of maturing faith. Not only do explicitly Christian themes underlie the plot structure of The Lord of the Rings, but in essays such as "On Fairie Stories" Tolkien shows that he did not only believe the Gospel on Sunday but treated it as true of the