Knowing Aslan: An Encounter With the Lion of Narnia
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In addition to being one of the best-loved books of all time, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is sure to set box-office records when it releases Christmas 2005. Distributed by Disney, with special effects by WETA Workshop (The Lord of the Rings), and backed by a $150MM budget, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe will draw millions of viewers, both Christian and non-Christian.
In the same way that Christians walked away from viewing Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ with a hunger to share Christ with their neighbors, Christians will leave The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe wanting to share the Christ depicted by Aslan in the movie. Aslan, killed by the White Witch and raised to life three days later, is a shadow of the One who was crucified and raised to life for our sins.
Using biblical parallels, this small, easy-to-read book will lead readers to an understanding of Christ and what He did for them by drawing lessons from The C.S. Lewis book and movie. Christians will want to buy this book in bulk as a non-threatening, warm-hearted evangelistic tool.
Thomas Williams
Thomas Williams was a curator of the major international exhibition Vikings: Life and Legend in 2014 and is now Curator of Early Medieval Coins at the British Museum. He undertook doctoral research at University College London and has taught and lectured in history and archaeology at the University of Cambridge.
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Reviews for Knowing Aslan
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Typical, predictable fare. Pretty much preaching to the choir type little tiny tract that is purely for those its aimed at and typically (myself not included) will only be read by those.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Though The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is primarily a children’s book, it has always been enjoyed by adults also. Knowing Aslan seems to have been written with this adult audience in mind. Specifically, the main aim appears to be to reach out to non-Christian adults who have read and enjoyed the Narnian Chronicles. It goes beyond the obvious parallels of the story with Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection, showing how C.S. Lewis uses aspects of Aslan’s nature to illuminate truths about Jesus as Son of God that are often neglected. It’s a very small book, but that’s no bad thing – it was still enough to illuminate some aspects I hadn’t considered even as a reader of LWW on multiple occasions. If you enjoyed LWW, Knowing Aslan is worth the hour or so required to glean some new insights.