Narnia

[Scott]

--In my fifth(?) grade English/Language Arts class we read "The Lion 
the Witch and the Wardrobe", and I'm pretty sure at the time no one 
really caught on to the Christian symbolism. However to try and 
downplay it doesn't make sense. This isn't a case of readers taking 
Christian symbolism from the work. It's a case of the author writing 
a story that is cleary meant to be a Christian allegory by his own 
intentions.

As for marketing, I don't frequent Christian bookshops so I'd never 
really noticed that the books were being marketed as Christian books. 
I've seen them in Children sections of Barnes & Noble, not the 
Religion & Christianity sections. I do understand though the idea of 
no marketing them this way (if indeed they were). What I *don't* 
understand is the idea that the Christian overtones in the actual 
work should be downplayed as if it doesn't exist. 

Overall marketing is generally a bad thing. The idea of a plush Aslan 
is as bad as the tacky HP stuff that has flooded the market. Then 
again while I'm sure everyone probably shares that view we all own it 
anyway...

Scott