A devout Roman Catholic, J.R.R. Tolkien is best remembered as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings novels. Unlike his friend C.S. Lewis, Tolkien never made over religious inferences in his novel such as can be seen in the Narnia series. He preferred to allow the reader to see the subtleties such as Gandalf returning in all white in his “2nd coming”. Tolkien died on September 2, 1973.
