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Comparing Theology In Harry Potter And The Lord Of The Rings

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Analyse how both authors JRR Tolkien and JK Rowling present Theology in similar and different ways within Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings?
Theology is the study of the existence of God, which consists of a variety of religious practices and beliefs i.e Christian theology. It comes from the Greek word “theos”, meaning God. Theologians tend to take ideas from arguments like historical and philosophical i.e the Cosmological argument to be able to support or criticise a range of religious matters. Theology enables theologians to realise their own beliefs along with others, to come up with contrasts between different religions etc. Religion’s aim is to, enable people to live morally and to believe in God as, “it was he who had created us and to him we shall return”. Paley uses his watch analogy to explain to atheists that, God exists because to say that a watch has a …show more content…

The ring symbolises sin because it has evil that makes a person become drawn to its power and they struggle to fight against its power. For instance, Isildur was taken by Elrond to destroy the ring in mount doom, but because he was under the ring’s power, he had kept the ring for his own and thus, the peace of middle-earth was lost for good as Sauron’s forces had continued to search for the ring and to destroy the world of men. This relates to, Adam and Eve who were in the serpent’s control by eating the apple, which led to them committing “the original sin”. Therefore, evil is still occurring today as according to Augustine “we are all seminally present in the loins of Adam. Similarly, by Isildur not destroying the ring, he had made a big sin as the race of men was failing as “Sauron is using his puppet, Saruman to destroy the people of Rohan; thus, the strength of the ring-bearer was falling making Sauron so close to achieving his

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