Pepperdine Expert on Religion and Literature Available to Speak on the Importance of C.S. Lewis and His CHRONICLES OF NARNIA to the Christian Community

Pepperdine Expert on Religion and Literature Available to Speak on the Importance of C.S. Lewis and His CHRONICLES OF NARNIA to the Christian Community

MALIBU, Calif., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Pepperdine Associate Professor and Chair of the Humanities Division, Maire Mullins:

* C.S. Lewis endures because his work captures the themes that challenge
every generation: what is the meaning of conversion? Why do pain and
suffering exist? What role does redemption play in the human condition?
Lewis was able to articulate clearly in his writing the centrality of
his faith as a Christian, the necessity of his Christian faith, and the
urgency of his own commitment to Christianity.

* The CHRONICLES OF NARNIA continue to appeal to children because the
stories bring to life magical creatures that interact with normal
children. Every child who reads the Narnian Chronicles (or adult, for
that matter) can identify with the four children who are the main
characters in these stories: Lucy, Edmund, Peter, and Susan. None of
these children are perfect; they each have character flaws, just as the
readers do.

Lewis wrote these stories originally because he wanted to entertain
children who were visiting him from war-torn London. With this
challenging audience, nothing but a compelling story would do. The
narrative needed to take these children away from their memories of air
raids and bombings. For his immediate audience, danger was very real.
So too for his fictional characters Lucy, and Edmund, and Peter, and
Susan, who face dangers and work together to overcome them. By writing
for this immediate audience Lewis wrote for children of all time.

* The film, THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, reflects a growing
interest in and the appreciation for Christianity because it is an
adaptation of a beloved children's story, a story written by one of the
most brilliant Christian apologists of the twentieth century.

Maire Mullins is associate professor of English and Chair of the Humanities Division at Pepperdine. She teaches a course on The Chronicles of Narnia and has taught a seminar on Christian Scholarship. She is the editor of Christianity and Literature. Mullins has also participated in the annual C.S. Lewis conference in Cambridge and Oxford, England.

Source: Pepperdine University

CONTACT: Maire Mullins, +1-310-506-4894, maire.mullins@pepperdine.edu,
or Wileen Wong, +1-310-506-6589, wileen.wong@pepperdine.edu, both of
Pepperdine University

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