The Spirituality of Narnia

Many people love the Narnia stories. However not all readers know the deep spirituality that underlies them. In some ways the stories mirror Lewis' own wrestling with his spiritual longings and seek to help others on the same journey. He wants us to feel as he himself came to feel that what we long for at the deepest level of our being is to be part of a great story indeed The Great Story in which the stories of Narnia and the story of our world and the story of our lives find their true meaning.John Bowen is a professor at Wycliffe College in the University of Toronto. He teaches courses on such things as communication leadership culture how to make churches user-friendly and (of course) C.S. Lewis.