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Is there any literary fiction like The Lord of the Rings in its faith in Providence?
Providence is probably the key theme of the book. All the really wise characters--Elrond, Gandalf, Aragorn, Faramir--maintain a faith that something beyond them is engineering events for a good result, and their faith is ultimately rewarded.
Are there any non-sci-fi/fantasy books like that in the modern age? Something where the idea of an active force in the universe, engineering things for good, is present?
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Um, Brothers Karamazov. How do you not know this?
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>>8735852
I don't think you can call it faith when they're related to, and in fact just an extension of, said engineer.
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The book of the new sun is basically all about that. Teleology
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>>8735852
>faith in Providence
>LOTR
at no point do the Hobbits or Gandalf proclaim "ILLUVATAR GRANT ME STRENGTH"
whenever Frodo and Sam get into some shit they remember the goodness of the Shire or what might happen to it, Aragorn's inspiration is his ascendancy from vagabond to King, if Gandalf fucks up he'll probably become Morgoth's bitch or punished with a lesser incarnation; they all had to bust ass to beat evil
LOTR was not about faith in the inevitable goodness of the divine, it was about finding inner courage and struggling to defend the few good things in the world against the horror of denizens of Hell
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>>8735852
Kafka on the Shore
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>>8735992
It's not as overt as that but providence is a theme.
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>>8735992
>at no point do the Hobbits or Gandalf proclaim "ILLUVATAR GRANT ME STRENGTH"
maybe they should have
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