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r-rainwater
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Tolkien & Lewis: Myth, Imagination & The Quest for Meaning (2017)
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6 May 2024
One reviewer reports turning off the documentary after 30 minutes.
By doing so, the full explanation of what Lewis and Tolkien meant by "myth" is missed. To be sure, it is an intellectual challenge to follow the various "experts"' explanations of the relationship of "myth" to "truth," but arguably worth the effort.
As explained by the experts, "myth" should *not* be misconstrued as being defined as "fiction," but rather a way of telling Great Truths by means of representative writing, borrowing heavily on legends and stories which are often seemingly universal themes from many cultures.
Tolkien was a devout Catholic and was instrumental in converting Lewis *to* Christianity, not *away* from it.
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