A long talk with J.R.R.T., a devout Catholic, in Sept. of 1931 led Lewis to become a Christian. The Middle Earth books are regarded as Tolkien's masterwork but this one act of Christian witness to Lewis will have far more lasting consequences.
The threads were very popular and introduced many to the genius of Lewis
and to the designs of his diabolical characters Screwtape and Wormwood.
Proof-positive that Christian witness to Lewis has lasting consequences for the world.
I work with a minister who gets on his soap box every time Lord of the Rings is mentioned in conversation about movies. He tries to lump it into the same category as Harry Potter and calls it demonic and satanic. I do not think he has ever actually read the story. It is very difficult to discuss something with somebody who is already so certain they are right, particularly when they don't have all the facts. I guess he thinks that because the story contains magic and wizards and elves that it automatically follows that it glorifies the demonic. Using that line of reasoning would require demonizing most childrens' fairy tales.
I don't mean to paint this man as a pompous ass because he isn't. He is a good man and overall a very likable person. My own beliefs lead me to steer clear of Harry Potter and Dungeons and Dragons and that sort of thing, but it seems there is a very wide ranging use of fantasy in literature and movies and games. Some of these glamorize evil and others use the "magical" qualities and creatures as a type or symbol for greater evils and virtues and in the battles of good and evil within them there is always a deeper truth and goodness prevails and is preserved or restored as the case may be. The bottom line question is "who gets the glory?"