The Christian backlash after news broke that Meryl Streep might voice Aslan in the upcoming “Narnia” adaptation was swift and strong, and for good reason. Because this isn’t just about Narnia — it’s about Christ.
C.S. Lewis didn’t invent Aslan as a charming character or a clever literary device. He was explicit: Aslan is Jesus.
“[In your world] I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name,” says Aslan in “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”
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Tampering with Aslan is an attempt to tamper with Christ. Aslan is getting a female makeover not to depict Christ, but to dampen Him. To make Him safer, gentler, more palatable. Doing so reflects a deeper cultural effort: the feminization of Jesus.
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