My guess is that most adult readers of the Narnia books (regardless of religious affliation or lack thereof) do not find them any less enjoyable just because they are allegories. Part of it is that the allegory isn't nearly as overbearing as some people like to present it as. The other part is that much of the allegory is *both* Christian and magical. Aslan's resurrection is a representation of Jesus' resurrection, but it's also a very real sort of 'deep magic' that you find in myth and folklore throughout history. The reference to 'deep magic' is not something that Lewis is just making up to allow him to 'sneak' Christian imagery into the text. It's a very real element of story (most recent example I can think of is in Neil Gaiman's American Gods.
I'm going to post more about this later on my journal, so I won't ramble on here.
As a Christian I find the ad campaign absolutely revolting. I don't blame Disney for trying to exploit a ready-made audience; I blame gullible Christians for swallowing the marketing campaign hook, line and sinker.
I'm going to post more about this later on my journal, so I won't ramble on here.
As a Christian I find the ad campaign absolutely revolting. I don't blame Disney for trying to exploit a ready-made audience; I blame gullible Christians for swallowing the marketing campaign hook, line and sinker.
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