The Baha'i Studies Listserv Pullman's "His Dark Materials" has been described as the anti-Narnia series. And one of Pullman's many criticisms against Lewis is that the Narnia books are racist.
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Susan Maneck <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > Be careful about reading the Chronicles of Narnia to your children. I > read it to my son but we had to stop and have a long discussion about > prejudice when we got to *A Horse and His Boy" which is full of > stereotypes in regards to people of the Middle East. > > My favorite of CS Lewis works is the Great Divorce. > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:50 AM, Sen & Sonja <[email protected]> wrote: >> The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> CS Lewis is a theologian, and also a very good writer. He wrote the >> Narnia stories (The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe etc..) and the >> Screwtape Letters. Read the former to your children or grandchildren >> or any other victim you can locate, read the Screwtape Letters for >> yourself. >> >> >> Sen >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- >> Sen McGlinn http://senmcglinn.wordpress.com >> >> Happy are those who spend their days in gaining knowledge, in >> discovering the secrets of nature, and in penetrating the subtleties >> of >> pure truth! Woe to those who are contented with ignorance, whose >> hearts >> are gladdened by thoughtless imitation, ... who have wasted their >> lives!"(~Abdu'l-Baha, Some Answered Questions p.137) >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] >> Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] >> Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] >> Or subscribe: >> http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st >> Baha'i Studies is available through the following: >> Mail - mailto:[email protected] >> Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st >> News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st >> Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
