![]() ![]() Becoming an atheist seriously challenged Lewis’s understanding of the basis of right and wrong, though he returned to Christianity when he was 33 and went on to become a lay theologian-his wartime radio broadcasts about Christianity were very well received.ĭespite the fact that there is no mention of God in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, there are clear parallels between Aslan and Jesus and the Emperor-beyond-the-Sea and God biblical language is also littered throughout the novel. Born into the Church of Ireland, Lewis lost his Christian faith as an adolescent. Lewis himself had a complicated relationship with morality and belief. In Lewis’s world, the children must navigate numerous challenges, including self-sacrifice and redemption, the difficulties of growing up, and the importance of forgiveness. When the children arrive in Narnia, it is suffering from an endless winter under the rule of a terrible tyrant. ![]() ![]() At first, Narnia appears like an escapist fantasy away from real-life problems, but on closer inspection, these issues permeate Lewis’s whimsical world too. ![]() Furthermore, society entered a collective spiritual crisis, with faith in a loving God and the moral absolutism of good and evil challenged by wartime horrors. By 1947, food rations fell below wartime levels due to global food shortages, and Britain was undergoing a period of intense austerity. Written against a backdrop of the postwar years, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe emerged at a time of economic and social hardship. ![]()
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