Simultaneously, the rising sun is often used to symbolize the resurrection. Aslan’s resurrection clearly parallels Christ and is a key moment in giving hope back to Narnia. His mane is an ...

Aslan writes that Jesus’ life after death is what’s most important to his understanding — religiously and literally. His purported resurrection is, of course, a central belief of Christianity.

Was there a resurrection? Aslan: As a historian, I cannot comment on the resurrection as a historical event because it falls, quite literally, beyond the boundaries of history. TIME: Yet you ...

In that timeless tale, the hero of the adventure is a lion named Aslan. This Christ-like figure reigns over the peaceful kingdom of Narnia, befriending the children and animals who live there.

Like Christ’s, Aslan’s resurrection is inevitable (“If Christ has not been raised, then … our faith is in vain,” Paul writes in First Corinthians.) And it conquers not just his death (or ...

This connection is important for many readers who see Aslan’s actions—his sacrifice and resurrection—as a direct parallel (though no, not an allegory) to the story of Jesus Christ.

“But what does it all mean?” asks Susan following Aslan’s resurrection. “It means,” replies Aslan, “that though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she ...

Aslan has returned from the dead ... there is cause to contemplate the fact the resurrection can be celebrated continuously. If you’re like me, hardly a week goes by without learning of someone ...

“Aslan symbolizes a Christlike figure ... Producer Mark Johnson is siding with Neeson, telling that “resurrection exists in so many different religions in one form or another, so it ...

Lewis writes, “There is no need to tell you (and no one ever heard) what Aslan was saying, but it was a conversation which Edmund never forgot.” The wording here echoes the post-resurrection ...

the resurrection’s conquest of original sin. Ahead of the release of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader next Thursday, Neeson said: ‘Aslan symbolises a Christ-like figure but he also symbolises ...