Knowing Aslan
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Book Summary Author: Thomas Williams Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2005-11-01 ISBN: 0849904943 Number of pages: 64 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Product features:
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Book Reviews of the Knowing Aslan
Customer Review: It serves a purpose.
Summary: 3 Stars
"Knowing Aslan" is a decent book to accomplish the goal of explaining some key parallels between Aslan (C.S. Lewis's not-so-tame lion from the Chronicles of Narnia) and Jesus. I read the entire book in about twenty minutes, so it's obviously not long, and therefore, cannot be deep. If you want an in-depth analysis of Lewis's allegory, there are other books that spend much more time and intellectual rigor pursuing that end. Williams' approach in "Knowing Aslan" is much simpler and straight-forward. He explicates a few points about Aslan as a Christ-figure, and then explains in very clear terms how someone can come to know Aslan (i.e. come to faith in Jesus Christ). This book is probably most appropriate for mature children and thoughtful teens, as well as adults who don't feel the need to make everything in life overly complex but who want to understand some important spiritual elements in the powerful storytelling of C.S. Lewis. I didn't find it to be especially engaging, but it can definitely serve an important purpose.