The Tale We've Fallen Into: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Fandom, and the Post-Christian Quest for Meaning

J·R·R·托尔金(J.R.R.Tolkien，1892-1973)的非宗教粉丝是如何在他的小说中创造精神意义的？该项目构建了一个关于托尔金和宗教的接受研究、叙事神学和学术的跨学科框架，以开发一项调查，探讨非宗教粉丝对《指环王》(LOTR)的精神体验。对调查结果的深入修辞分析将为托尔金作品中公众参与精神主题的教育材料的开发提供信息。这项研究直接回应了关于托尔金不同解读的持续争议，拓宽了托尔金研究的解释学视野，并为后基督教意义社区的研究和实践做出了贡献。

How do non-religious fans of J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) make spiritual meaning with his fiction? This project constructs an interdisciplinary framework of reception studies, narrative theology, and scholarship on Tolkien and religion to develop a survey probing non-religious fans' spiritual experience of The Lord of the Rings (LOTR). In-depth rhetorical analysis of survey findings will inform development of educational materials for public engagement with spiritual themes in Tolkien's work. The study responds directly to ongoing controversies over diverse readings of Tolkien by broadening the hermeneutical horizons of Tolkien studies and contributing to the study and practice of post-Christian communities of meaning.