Narnia not ‘Christian’?

Christians around the world are anticipating Disney's film version of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. But is it a "Christian" book? The author, C.S. Lewis, said no:

    Some people seem to think that I began by asking myself how I could say something about Christianity to children . . . then drew up a list of basic Christian truths and hammered out ‘allegories' to embody them. This is pure moonshine. I couldn't write in that way at all. Everything began with images; a faun carrying an umbrella, a queen on a sledge, a magnificent lion. At first there wasn't even anything Christian about them; that element pushed itself in of its own accord.

Read more at Are The Chronicles of Narnia 'Christian' books?

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