[ItsOurTimeNow]

I was always under the impression that when Gandalf stated he was a "servant of the Secret Fire", he was referring to Narya, the Ring of Fire that he carried and originally received from Cirdain the Shipwright.

I don't doubt the existance of religion in Tolkien's work, and see many parallels, but this case in particular may not be what you think it is, ahadams2.

[Pyro7480]

See my post #10.

[ahadams2]

perhaps I'm mistaken, but I did not read that as Gandalf being the servant of another ring (shades of Mordor) but rather that the ring symbolized who and what he served.