I'm glad to read these comments. I'm in the same boat with many of you here - I love the books, they are cracking stories and I know he said that that was primarily what they were supposed to be - not Christian books. BUT his Christian faith is apparent in the material. So how do you know what has a hidden meaning and what doesn't?
I've always had an issue with the last battle for the reasons quoted in previous posts and it was only recently when I went back to the books after several years. It was then that I picked up on the whole problem with the ransom theology. I would be interested to know if anyone has any Christian fantasy/allegory that they feel actually works, where there is not a problem like this? I haven't come across any - or any that I really enjoy reading in the way I enjoyed reading the Narnia books. The Pilgrim's Progress and The Holy War would be the traditional alternatives I suppose.
So don't get me wrong. I still love C.S. Lewis' books. The Narnia books are still amongst my favourite children's books alongside Patricia St. John's fiction.
If it's o.k. to do this - I'm not sure being new to the page - does anyone else have favourite Christian children's books from their childhood? Why did you like them?
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I've always had an issue with the last battle for the reasons quoted in previous posts and it was only recently when I went back to the books after several years. It was then that I picked up on the whole problem with the ransom theology. I would be interested to know if anyone has any Christian fantasy/allegory that they feel actually works, where there is not a problem like this? I haven't come across any - or any that I really enjoy reading in the way I enjoyed reading the Narnia books. The Pilgrim's Progress and The Holy War would be the traditional alternatives I suppose.
So don't get me wrong. I still love C.S. Lewis' books. The Narnia books are still amongst my favourite children's books alongside Patricia St. John's fiction.
If it's o.k. to do this - I'm not sure being new to the page - does anyone else have favourite Christian children's books from their childhood? Why did you like them?
Readhead