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C.S. Lewis and ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’

“The Chronicles of Narnia” is at the top of the list of movies that include biblical themes. The series depicts an ongoing battle between Aslan, the creator, ruler, and sacrificial savior of Narnia, and the White Witch, the nemesis who intentionally seeks to thwart all of Aslan’s plans for her own gain. Beautifully written in an enchanting setting, C.S. Lewis captured the use of storytelling with an underlying message—much like parables and allegories.

While some speculated that Lewis crafted his stories around a biblical message, this was not his creative method.

Lewis once said,

Some people seem to think that I began by asking myself how I could say something about Christianity to children; then fixed on the fairy tale as an instrument; then collected the information about child psychology and decided what age group I’d write for; then drew up a list of basic Christian truths and hammered out “allegories” to embody them. This is all pure moonshine. I couldn’t write in that way at all.

The well-known apologist, who penned around 40 books, challenged others to, instead, dive deeply into Scripture, spend time with the Creator, and let the Holy Spirit do his transformative work within each person. It is only from that rich place of true communion with God that creative art can flow freely.

Instead of asking a question of what moral children need, Lewis proposed a different approach. “But it is better not to ask the question at all. Let the pictures tell you their own moral. For the moral inherent in them will rise from whatever spiritual roots you have succeeded in striking during the whole course of your life.”