Narnia..

[madbear]

Lewis' conversion had very little to do with Tolkien, but it was his own personal experience and spiritual pilgrimage that led him to embrace Christ

I'm not sure I'd go along with that. Lewis was keenly interested in myths and mythology, as was Tolkien. In one of his letters Lewis describes one of the significant factors in his conversion as being Tolkien's assertion that the story of Jesus `works as a story'. He later described the story of Jesus as `a myth that just happens to be true'.

However, he also supported the veracity of the gospels by claiming that they weren't myths, on the basis (simplifying a bit) that real myths are better written. That is, there are too many discrepancies and out-of-character actions for the gospels to be proper myths.

 

[stardf29]

I love the Narnia books. They are just so magical and inspiring to the inner child. Yes, there is a good amount of Christian parallels, but I believe that the books are first and foremost great fantasy stories, enjoyable by anyone, Christian or not.

And the movie was wonderful too. Overall, it stayed very true to the book, with only some minor deletions (that I didn't care for but didn't ruin the story) and some small but cool additions that remained true to the spirit of the books. Andrew Adamson did a great job, and of course co-producer Douglas Gresham also deserves many kudos.

 

[thepinkpencil3]

This past week in my local newspaper there was a huge article about the movie, I cut it out to hang on my wall hehe. This morning at church, my pastor read a passage from The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.... it was so cool.

 

[Yeshuarocks32783]

I've always heard Tolkien had a great deal of influence with Lewis' conversion, but it was ultimately a matter of logic that led Lewis to Christ. I've also heard that even though they were good friends, Lewis hated middle earth and Tolkien hated Narnia when they talked about them during the Inklings meetings.

 

[willard3]

I loved them even before I realized the religious and Biblical stuff inside them. I got the entire boxed hardcover set as a staggered birthday/Christmas present from my godparents (one book every holiday, got the box after book 3).

 

[indigo tree]

Lewis actually supported Tolkein's works.

I just started re-reading these. I'm on The Silver Chair. It's been a couple of years, but they're better than ever. The movie was great. I'm looking forward to see it again.

 

[mina]

I've read the whole series and I really like them. I found the lion , the witch and the wardrobe the easiest to read however. I always thought Lewis was always open in admiting that this series was about Christianity. Anyways it's interesting to me that Lewis and Tolkien were friends. Tolkien actually read his works to Lewis and Lewis encouraged him to finish it and then badgered him to publish it (the Hobbit).

 

[Consumed05]

I love The Chronicals of Narnia, Ive read them all. There are so many christian symbolic meanings in the book. Like how Aslan represents Jesus being crusified and the witch represents satan. My favorite book out of all of them is The Last Battle (the last book) because all of the books before bring everything together. Which book is your guys favorite book from the series?

 

[xAtheistx]

I love the Narnia books. They are just so magical and inspiring to the inner child. Yes, there is a good amount of Christian parallels, but I believe that the books are first and foremost great fantasy stories, enjoyable by anyone, Christian or not.

Best quoted from your signature: " 'If you want to, you can find Christian symbolism in a McDonald's hamburger.' - Douglas Gresham"

I think anybody who is looking for it will find it, but otherwise it's just a series of fantasy novels...

 

[Kitane]

I love the Narnia books I haven't finished them yet but still working at it and I have see the new movie absolute love it.

 

[oncewaslost]

the movie's pretty close to the books though i did think a few of the lines were a little stupid. eh, i've always enjoyed the books.

 

[HisJavajunkie]

I think CSL did an awesome job on this series. I am going through the series again but only half-way there. But he did a wonderful job on both writing for the younger audience and the older one. I get to see the movie, as a Birthday Present! And it sounds like almost everyone has enjoyed. So I am excited.

 

[Jehane]

Yes, Lewis was a Christian & one of the greatest Christian thinkers of his time but while his Narnia books incorporate many Christian themes Lewis also indulged his passion for classical mythology & certain elements of that (such as the satyrs foretelling the future) are not only distinctly unchristian but upset certain parts of the Christian community. Personally I figure you can't please all of the people all of the time & they are still a great allegorical read. Jehane

 

[elf_lady_9]

What do ya'll think?
I haven't read them all (only Lion Witch and Wardrobe, Horse and His Boy, and the Magicians Nephew, and I'm in the middle of Prince Caspian)
I LOVE THEM!!!
many people seem to disagree. they think that they're unchristian, but C.S. Lewis was christian.

I love The Chronicles Narnia!!! C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors. i've read all the books, and i love them all. the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Horse and His Boy, and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader are my favorites. my mom read The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe to me when i was little, and it was the first full length book that i read by myself when i was old enough to read. they're most definitely not unchristian! in fact they're Christian allegories. for example, Aslan clearly represents Christ. C.S. Lewis was one of the greatest Christian theologians of the 20th century, and it shows in all of his books, even his fiction.

Bethany

 

[spinningwheelgirl]

I really like Narina. I have read the series several times. My farvorite book in the series is the Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

 

[sweethomeboy]

from it was a big problom reading Narnia,,,, after redaing harry potter it seems that i got used to her style , i have only the first 3 parts of narnia and i tried to read the first part more than 5 times but i could not do it . the movie was great and my question here is that the movie was about part 2 i think ,,, how come they did not make part one ,?

 

[elf_lady_9]

from it was a big problom reading Narnia,,,, after redaing harry potter it seems that i got used to her style , i have only the first 3 parts of narnia and i tried to read the first part more than 5 times but i could not do it . the movie was great and my question here is that the movie was about part 2 i think ,,, how come they did not make part one ,?

i love the movie too! to answer your question, C.S. Lewis wrote "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" before he wrote the "first" book ,The Magicians Nephew. The Magicians Nephew is technically the first if you go in chronological order, but it's really more of a prequel. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe movie was made first for the same reason that Star Wars IV, V, and VI were made before Star Wars I, II, and III. plus The Lion the Witch and the Wardobe is the most popular of the whole series anyway, so more people probably went to see it than would have gone to see the other one.

 

[nicolezoeydafney]

thay are great books. the movie was awesome too!!!!

 

[soblessed53]

I am almost finished with "Voyage Of The Dawn Treader",just have The Silver Chair and The last Battle,to go. I love them all. Missed these as a kid as I was too into just animal books then! Never even knew about these books till the recent movie.

 

[belladonnatook]

I absolutely love Chronicles of Narnia! C.S. Lewis is one of my most favorite authors, and I've read all the books more than 3 times each. The movie is great too! Most of my friends agree completely, but one of them says she hated the movie and the books because it seemed that it was just 'mocking' Christianity, though I don't know how she got that out of it. Oh well, though, to each his/her own! ~Belle