The Emblems of Religion don't belong ... or do they? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 04-06-2005, 09:54 AM

Tolkien asserted that the emblems of religion don't belong in fantasy.... or something to that effect (I may not have this worded or remembered quite right).

It certainly works very well in LotR. It was one of his primary criticisms of the works of C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams (fellow "inklings").

Do you agree or disagree that the emblems of religion don't belong in fantasy?

What were Tolkien's reasons for discluding them? Which reasons were valid back when he wrote? Are they still valid now?

04-06-2005, 09:54 AM	#1
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	The Emblems of Religion don't belong ... or do they? Tolkien asserted that the emblems of religion don't belong in fantasy.... or something to that effect (I may not have this worded or remembered quite right). It certainly works very well in LotR. It was one of his primary criticisms of the works of C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams (fellow "inklings"). Do you agree or disagree that the emblems of religion don't belong in fantasy? What were Tolkien's reasons for discluding them? Which reasons were valid back when he wrote? Are they still valid now?