The World According to Narnia

Christian Meaning in C. S. Lewis' Beloved Chronicles

By: Jonathan Rogers

Narrated by: Brian Emerson

In The World According to Narnia, Jonathan Rogers takes you further into the imaginative world of C. S. Lewis, helping you to view our world in the way that Narnia invites you to view it. Rogers shows how the storylines and characters from Narnia sing with biblical truth.

The particular magic of the Chronicles of Narnia is their ability to awaken the reader to the imaginative possibilities that have been in the Gospel all along. It is through the imagination that Narnia stories do their work on you; you can hardly help but desire what is good and true. You can hardly help but feel that a life of virtue and adventure is something you don't want to miss.

Whether you're new to the Chronicles or you've just finished The Last Battle, this book will expand your understanding and appreciation for C. S. Lewis' beloved classics.

©2005 Jonathan Rogers (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"In an engaging style, Rogers simply and swiftly retells each story and highlights where the novels speak to the message of the Gospels....Those needing a travel guide to Lewis' world could do no better than this eminently readable combination of literary criticism and religious scholarship." (Booklist)

"Readers who feel they need a guide to the Christian symbols and metaphors in Lewis' Chronicles will appreciate the scriptural and theological connections in this earnest and accessible book." (Publishers Weekly)

any qestions this book has. awsered

Wonderful great interesting esqued help full of great reference points between the chronicles and Bible

Further up.

Any and everything Narnia. Explained parts I hadn’t caught the meaning of. The further in I go the more gratitude I feel for God who made the man; who convinced me to taste and see.

Excellent interpretation of the meaning of Narnia

This books opens up the reader for true insights into C. S. Lewis stories in the Land of Narnia. Lewis’s works are exquisite, but may at times need interpretation for the deeper meanings not to be lost on the readers. This is an excellent introduction to such integral meanings of his stories.

Further up, further in!

Overall The World According to Narnia is a good attempt to better understand CS Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia. Sorry the announcer’s voice was too irritating for me. Needed to have a talented audio engineer to bring his tonal range to more enjoyable levels.

Like tasting the fruit that each likes best himself...

I read this book after now being extremely well acquainted with the Narnia stories--having relatively memorized their many scenes through reading, and then listening the great story telling of the Focus on the Family audio performance (20-40 times each book). From this perspective, I found that Jonathan Rogers did a really wonderful job. It was a delight to see the stories, the characters, and the themes of each book inwoven through scripture, theology, and other of C.S. Lewis's writings. It was a truly masterful tapestry. I only wish I had set my eyes on the quote marks themselves rather than listening to them--but nonetheless, I believe I got a wide view of the whole tapestry while still appreciating the many colorful threads.
The best thing this book did for me was to draw up themes of human feelings through characters I already so deeply love, and then link those themes with those of scripture that I already hardily and boldly hold to...yet somehow did not make the connection to the human experience from the stories. I believe these examples will help not only my own storytelling and writing, but my compassion and usefulness in the church.