Overview
- Jack Posobiec, a MAGA influencer and Human Events editor, said this week that The Lord of the Rings is overtly pagan and not overtly Christian.
- Conservative commentators quickly pushed back and pointed to J.R.R. Tolkien’s line that the story is a fundamentally religious and Catholic work.
- The Federalist’s John Daniel Davidson, NewsBusters’ Nicholas Fondacaro, The Blaze’s Auron MacIntyre, and others criticized the claim in posts on X.
- Posobiec’s video ran on Human Events’ feed, and he questioned Stephen Colbert’s love of the series as proof it is not Christian.
- Attention to the franchise is rising with a new film co-written by Colbert and an Andy Serkis spinoff set for 2027, which has revived arguments over how adaptations reflect Tolkien’s faith.