[Ollie]

I think this is an American thing reflecting the Puritan tradition of the continent. U.S. Christians can be more fundamental than their European counterparts. Certainly in Europe there has been no religious backlash against fantasy. J.R.R. Tolkien, regarded by many as the father of the fantasy genre, was a practicing Christian. If you read the children books written by his good friend and Oxford colleague C.S. Lewis, you’ll find many references to Christianity. Lewis was even more devout, but this didn’t stop him commenting as Tolkien read from The Lord of the Rings at their writing club, famously muttering, “Oh God, not another f**king elf.”

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