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Friday, December 9, 2005 12:00 AM

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"

Forget the scary hype: This magical movie, based on C.S. Lewis' beloved novel, is as familiar and comforting as a favorite sweater.
By Stephanie Zacharek

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  • Friday, December 9, 2005 07:40 AM

    the Christians and the Pagans...

    I've always thought of the "Chronicles of Narnia" as being almost as Pagan as Christian, what with the positive depictions of fauns and centaurs and the somewhat nature-embracing attitude. Frankly, if J.K. Rowling was visibly Christian, then the christofascists would probably have embraced Harry Potter as Christian allegory, too.

    I've never noticed any particular hostility towards religion itself in Salon, just as I have no animosity towards religion myself. Rather, it's the behavior in which some people engage in the name of Christianity that "progressives" and "liberals" scorn. And that's why many of us dread the expected cultural takeover of this movie by the Talibaptists. Kindness, compassion and herosism are not exclusively "Christian" values.

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