1. notleia says:

    I realize you’re trying to make a different point, but I feel like I have to revoke your literary nerd card because you’re glossing over Gilgamesh, the Iliad/Odyssey, and not to mention the entire Old Testament.

    • Paul Lee says:

      Yeah, well, maybe he’s a computer nerd instead!

      I was just going to click away when I saw WoT mentioned! WoT is certainly an epic and reflective of the Gospel in that way, but it’s also long and ecclectic. I used to think long and hard about just how much Rand represented Christ, and whether his nature in the WoT books meant that Robert Jordan was some kind of super-liberal mainliney cultural Protestant who didn’t really believe in the divinity of Jesus. (The Internet found out he was Episcopalian when he died….) But obviously it wouldn’t really be fair to interpret the character as a reflection of the author’s belief that closely. We might have *slightly* more basis to claim Tolkien’s work as intrinsically Christian only because of that quote where Tolkien said so.

  2. I don’t think any story can top The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe as far as representing the truths of The Epic Tale. Few others, even by Christians, portray a hero close to Aslan’s stature and power and love. He is such a good reflection of Jesus Christ. Where’s the next story that shows him so clearly?

    Becky

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