Coming out Oct. 10, 2005 is “The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy.” Edited by Gregory Bassham and Jerry L. Walls, this is a collection of essays about the Chronicles, with topics ranging from Belief, Doubt and Knowing, to Ethics, Metaphysics, and Religion. It’s another book in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series that includes “The Simpsons and Philosophy,” “Seinfeld and Philosophy,” and “The Matrix and Philosophy,” and recently “Lord of the Rings and Philosophy” and “Harry Potter and Philosophy.” Some of the books are currently in use in University classes.
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The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy
Coming out in Sept./Oct. 2005 is “The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy.” Edited by Gregory Bassham and Jerry L. Walls, this is a collection of essays about the Chronicles, with topics ranging from Belief, Doubt and Knowing, to Ethics, Metaphysics, and Religion. It’s another book in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series that includes “The Simpsons and Philosophy,” “Seinfeld and Philosophy,” and “The Matrix and Philosophy,” and recently “Lord of the Rings and Philosophy” and “Harry Potter and Philosophy.” Some of the books are currently in use in University classes. […]
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City that inspired Narnia fantasy
With work under way on a film of CS Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, BBC News Online’s Greg McKevitt investigates the roots of its Belfast-born author and the Northern Ireland settings that fired his boyhood imagination. […]
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Ben Barnes comments on the ‘Narnia’ vs. ‘Harry Potter’ question
Ben Barnes was recently interviewed on board The Matthew, and asked about the comparisons between the Narnia and Harry Potter films that inevitably happens merely because they fall into the same genre of books. He […]