Deeply rooted in the universalist Western tradition of the Stoics and the the early medieval Christians, Tolkien created a myth to explore the nature of the human person against the avaricious dreams of the capitalists and the diabolical schemes of the national and international socialists, all of whom would replace God with man.
Bradley J. Birzer, The Ring and the Cross: Christianity and the Lord of the Rings
capitalism, myth, socialism, tolkien