You don't seem to care much for LB, so I won't go into it except to say that I see Lucy's statement about the stable as a continuation/knowledge of Christianity as an outcome of her search for Aslan in our world which began in VODT.
As I mentioned before, the physicality of Aslan/the Emperor fits perfectly well in Christian theology. It seems that you see Aslan/The Emperor at the head of a pantheon. But where is it referenced in CoN that the 'lesser deities of Narnia' and 'the rival pantheon of Calormene' have any power other than what Aslan allows? I truly would like to know, I've never noticed it but I haven't ever looked for it before.
Aslan's deference to the Emperor still fits with Christianity. The Trinity is a complicated thing to go into, but I'll try as best I can. In the Trinity, Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit are one and the same, and yet three and separate. In the Bible, Christ defers to God's command: he doesn't want to be crucified, but he says "Your will be done". It's part of what makes him fully human as well as fully God. I can't really explain it better: of course, Christian theologians have been arguing about specifics for donkey's years, so I can hardly do it justice. I will say that I thought the triple succession of "Myselfs" in HHB when Shasta is alone with Aslan points to a Trinitarian idea, though.
I don't think you're alone in your thinking. I believe Tolkien had the opposite problem, unable to see the fit of pagan religions along with a Christian supposal. Though, granted, his problem tended to be more that there were too many different pagan aspects and he thought Lewis should stick to just one. It's hard to go against your education. And believe me, sometimes I have a hard time with the Christ in Narnia idea. That's when I tell myself it's fiction and that Lewis was making certain points about Christianity, some of which I don't necessarily agree with. He was just human after all.
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As I mentioned before, the physicality of Aslan/the Emperor fits perfectly well in Christian theology. It seems that you see Aslan/The Emperor at the head of a pantheon. But where is it referenced in CoN that the 'lesser deities of Narnia' and 'the rival pantheon of Calormene' have any power other than what Aslan allows? I truly would like to know, I've never noticed it but I haven't ever looked for it before.
Aslan's deference to the Emperor still fits with Christianity. The Trinity is a complicated thing to go into, but I'll try as best I can. In the Trinity, Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit are one and the same, and yet three and separate. In the Bible, Christ defers to God's command: he doesn't want to be crucified, but he says "Your will be done". It's part of what makes him fully human as well as fully God. I can't really explain it better: of course, Christian theologians have been arguing about specifics for donkey's years, so I can hardly do it justice. I will say that I thought the triple succession of "Myselfs" in HHB when Shasta is alone with Aslan points to a Trinitarian idea, though.
I don't think you're alone in your thinking. I believe Tolkien had the opposite problem, unable to see the fit of pagan religions along with a Christian supposal. Though, granted, his problem tended to be more that there were too many different pagan aspects and he thought Lewis should stick to just one. It's hard to go against your education. And believe me, sometimes I have a hard time with the Christ in Narnia idea. That's when I tell myself it's fiction and that Lewis was making certain points about Christianity, some of which I don't necessarily agree with. He was just human after all.