C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & Mythology
by Mr Brownlo Alister McGrath's [recent] biography of Lewis sheds interesting information on various aspects of the life of the “creator” of Narnia, and also on his relationship with JRR Tolkien. It seems that Lewis encouraged Tolkien to keep going when the latter was thinking of giving up writing, being unconvinced of the literary value of his efforts. For his part, Tolkien played an important role in the long process that eventually led Lewis to the Christian faith. Lewis, Tolkien and the concept of mythology. Tolkien argued that Lewis should approach the New Testament with the same imagination and expectation that he brought to the reading of pagan myths in his professional studies. But, as Tolkien emphasized, there was a decisive difference. As Lewis himself stated in [a] letter, “The story of Christ is nothing but a true myth: a myth that works on us in the same way as the others, but with the great difference that it really happened.” The reader should understand that the w