[HairOfTheDog]

The book she is talking about may be

Finding God in the Lord of the Rings
by Kurt D. Bruner, Jim Ware
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0842355715/102-1743843-6546540

OR

Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues : Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings
by Mark Eddy Smith
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0830823123/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/102-1743843-6546540

[Corin Stormhands]

Actually, it was probably my freshan research paper "Christlike Symbolism in The Lord of the Rings" written many, many, many ages ago...

[ksen]

Thanks for the books HOTD. I posted them over at TNS. I pinged you as a courtesy, so you don't need to go over there if you don't want.