Authors of new book The Hobbit Party, professors Jay Richards and Jonathan Witt disclose that all of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth sagas have so much to offer than just "to entertain." Both believe that Tolkien's sagas are filled with Christian insights, which could guide or lead his readers to a life well-lived.

According to Professor Richards, Tolkien's sagas illustrate government, moral and economic systems that could make the world a better place to live in. Apparently, he and Witt came up with their book subtitle, "The Vision of Freedom that Tolkien Got, and the West Forgot" for that reason.

"Tolkien had more to offer than just a really good yarn. There's a theme throughout The Lord of the Rings of a concern over the centralization of power. The ring itself - the ring of power that the good guys spend the entire story trying to get rid of, not trying to gain, has this power to dominate the will of others," Richards told CBN News.

The evil Sauron came out of Tolkien's brutal experiences from Nazism in World War I and World War II, where freedom was completely eradicated. However, Tolkien's love for liberty was apparent as the good guys in his novels steadily fought for it. Tolkien expressed that he himself was a Hobbit in all but size. The Hobbits' homeland, the Shire, emulated the society which he thought should be - liberty-loving.

Richards also said it was intentional that Tolkien used the Hobbits as the humble heroes of his sagas to show that each one of us can change the world and make it a better place.

"It would only occur to someone who had this vision that the Creator of the universe would become incarnate as a man born of a woman in a stable in a humble village. It's only that kind of vision that would lead someone to think to create heroes like hobbits." Richards said.