Time Warner Book Group, 2005
ISBN: 0-446-69649-8
The particular magic of the Chronicles of Narnia is their ability to awaken the reader to the imaginative possibilities that have been in the Gospel all along. It is the imagination that translates the facts of the Gospel to the will and desires of the believer. That's how the Chronicles of Narnia do their work on you; you can hardly help but desire what is good and true. You can hardly help but feel that a life of virture and adventure is something that you wouldn't want to miss.
In The World According to Narnia, Jonathan Rogers takes you further up and further into the imaginative world of C.S. Lewis. Readers will be captivated by the masterful way Rogers shows how the story lines and characters from Narnia sing with biblical truth.
What the critics have said about the The World According to Narnia:
from Booklist: Those needing a travel guide to Lewis' world could do no better than this eminently readable combination of literary criticism and religious scholarship.
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from BookPage:
Rogers has a gift for revealing subtleties of meaning, theme and character that might go unnoticed even after many readings....The World According to Narnia> can be read for both curiosity and inspiration; if it has a flaw, it is that it ends too quickly.
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from Publisher's Weekly:
Readers who feel they need a guide to the Christian symbols and metaphors in Lewis's Chronicles will appreciate the scriptural and theological connections in this earnest and accessible book.
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