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Does Lewis think Aslan is God?

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Postby Jeff » December 16th, 2005, 2:00 am

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Re: re: Does Lewis think Aslan is God?

Postby Karen » December 16th, 2005, 2:23 am

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re: Does Lewis think Aslan is God?

Postby NarniaLover89 » January 4th, 2006, 8:33 pm

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Re: re: Does Lewis think Aslan is God?

Postby Jeff » January 4th, 2006, 8:38 pm

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re: Does Lewis think Aslan is God?

Postby NarniaLover89 » January 4th, 2006, 8:44 pm

So with that said can we really call the Narnia books a allegory.?
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re: Does Lewis think Aslan is God?

Postby carol » January 4th, 2006, 8:57 pm

Lewis wrote the books with intended Christian themes and underlying parallels to a number of aspects of faith and the Christian gospel.

It is not, however, an Allegory, which is a specific device used in Literature. In Allegory, everything in the story has a spiritual or other meaning (eg in the famous Allegory "Pilgrim's Progress" a character walks down a road, representing the path of life, he finds he has a heavy bag on his back, representing sin which is a burden to him)..

Lewis used a lot of imagery and symbolism, but often the things in the Narnia stories are to remind us of events/people in the Bible, or in the experience of Christian faith/life.

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