Essay for Worldview

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis have a unique worldview. It has a god, a systematic universe controlled and created by that god, and evil that entered the universe by the way of man. The worldview of Narnia is similar to the Bible, but also different.
Narnia is a world much like the real world. Therefore it must have a god. In C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books the “god” of Narnia is Aslan, a great talking lion. Aslan is the son of the Emperor Over the Sea, this is similar to Jesus being the son of God. Aslan created Narnia from nothing. “1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend[a] it.” (John 1:1-5 NKJV) Aslan is also a god of love and justice. He sacrificed himself to save Edmund, but still kept to the law. “8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.” (Romans 5:8, 9 NKJV)
Because Aslan is god and creator of Narnia and aslant is perfect, so was his creation. God created the world good and without blemish. “31 Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” (Genesis 1:31 NKJV) Narnia is the only universe created by Aslan, the other worlds that you can find paths to were not created by him. Our Heavenly Father created all things and all worlds. “1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was[a] on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” (Genesis 1:1, 2 NKJV) Evil was not created by Aslan, but brought by man. Although Aslan did not create man, God did and the evil came from man who was tempted by Satan. “12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned-” (Romans 5:12 NKJV) The presence of evil tainted the world and left a permanent scar. “17 Then to Adam He said, ‘Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:

‘Cursed is the ground for your sake;
In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.”
(Genesis 3:17 NKJV)
Unfortunately, evil and suffering are large parts of Narnia. Evil is addressed as something that is the enemy of Aslan, who is good. In the book The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis, Aslan takes his council of beasts to discus what to do with the evil that entered the world. Jadis, the source of evil uses temptation to reach her goals. “1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, ‘Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?’” (Gen 3:1 NKJV) Aslan banished Jadis for many years as punishment. “9 They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. 10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where[b] the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” (Revelation 20:9-10 NKJV)
In the world of Narnia, the god is the just and kind creator of the world. Unfortunately evil entered the world and corrupted it, but Aslan banished the evil. The Narnian world glorifies Aslan and is ruled by earthly rulers appointed by him.