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''The Chronicles of Narnia'' is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. In addition to numerous traditional Christian themes, the series borrows characters and ideas from Greek and Roman mythology, and from and . ==Christian parallels== :''Specific Christian parallels may be found in the entries for individual and .'' C.S. Lewis was an adult convert to Christianity and had previously authored some works on Christian apologetics and fiction with Christian themes. However, he did not originally set out to incorporate Christian theological concepts into his Narnia stories; it is something that occurred as he wrote them. As he wrote in ''Of Other Worlds'': Lewis, an expert on the subject of allegory and the author of ''The Allegory of Love'', maintained that the books were not allegory, and preferred to call the Christian aspects of them "suppositional". This indicates Lewis' view of Narnia as a fictional parallel universe. As Lewis wrote in a letter to a Mrs Hook in December 1958: If Aslan represented the immaterial Deity in the same way in which Giant Despair Although Lewis did not consider them allegorical, and did not set out to incorporate Christian themes in ''Wardrobe'', he was not hesitant to point them out after the fact. In one of his last letters, written in March 1961, Lewis writes: :Since Narnia is a world of Talking Beasts, I thought He () would become a Talking Beast there, as He became a man here. I pictured Him becoming a lion there because (a) the lion is supposed to be the king of beasts; (b) Christ is called "The Lion of Judah" in the Bible; (c) I'd been having strange dreams about lions when I began writing the work. The whole series works out like this. ::''The Magician's Nephew'' tells the Creation and how evil entered Narnia. ::''The Lion etc'' the Crucifixion and Resurrection. ::''Prince Caspian'' restoration of the true religion after corruption. ::''The Horse and His Boy'' the calling and conversion of a heathen. ::''The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader"'' the spiritual life (especially in Reepicheep). ::''The Silver Chair'' the continuing war with the powers of darkness. ::''The Last Battle'' the coming of the Antichrist (the Ape), the end of the world and the Last Judgement. With the release of the 2005 film there was renewed interest in the Christian parallels found in the books. Some find them distasteful, while noting that they are easy to miss if one is not familiar with Christianity. Alan Jacobs, author of ''The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis'', implies that through these Christian aspects, Lewis becomes "a pawn in America's culture wars". Some Christians see the Chronicles as excellent tools for Christian evangelism. The subject of Christianity in the novels has become the focal point of many books. Rev. Abraham Tucker pointed out that "While there are in the Narnia tales many clear parallels with Biblical events, they are far from precise, one-on-one parallels. (...) Aslan sacrifices himself in order to redeem Edmund, the Traitor, who is completely reformed and forgiven. That is as if the New Testament were to tell us that Jesus Christ redeemed Judas Iscariot and that Judas later became one of the Apostles. (...) There had been times in Christian history when Lewis might have been branded a heretic for far smaller creative innovations in theology."〔Abraham Tucker, "Religion and Literature, Religion in Literature", New York, 1979 (Preface)〕 Alan Jacobs, professor of English at Wheaton College, describes ''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'' as "a twofold story: the rightful king of Narnia returns to re-establish his kingdom and bring peace; and that same king sacrifices himself to save a traitor . . . kingdom and salvation are what the story is all about." The similarity between the death and resurrection of Aslan and the death and resurrection of Jesus in the Bible has been noted; one author has noted that like Jesus, Aslan was ridiculed before his death, mourned, and then discovered to be absent from the place where his body had been laid.〔()〕〔()〕〔()〕 Other authors have likened the character of Edmund to the Judas of the four Gospels.〔()〕〔()〕〔()〕 Stanley Mattson, president of the Redlands, Calif.-based C.S. Lewis Foundation, states that the “Deeper Magic” referred to in the book “is all about redemption, it's all about reconciliation, it's all about healing, and it's all about . . . death being swallowed up in victory."〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Religion in The Chronicles of Narnia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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