Aslan som en bild av treenigheten Går det att använda lejonet Aslan i Narnia som en bild av treenigheten?
Aslan as a picture of trinity Is it possible to use the lion Aslan from Narnia as a picture of trinity?
Abstract
"Children's book is the best style means if you have something to say" is a quote by CS
Lewis that I focused on in this essay. As a future priest, I am aware of the problems that
explain some of the Christian church pillars. In this essay I treat the Trinity in relation to
teaching children in a future profession. Research in child and adolescent spirituality is on
rampage, books with religious messages and ambitions to teach children about Christian
ethics and morals have been around since Sunday school introduction in Sweden. What are
the tools that can be used to explain even for scholars and theologians difficult concepts? Is
it possible to meet kids on their own ground? I see an opportunity for this through the
literature, and the characters they already know outside the ecclesiastical sphere,
In this bachelor thesis I have used perhaps one of the major works of children's literature
during the 1900s, The chronicles of Narnia. My approach is to see if I could use the lion
Aslan as a metaphor for the properties of the Trinity. In addition to my primary literature;
The Magician’s Nephew, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and the Bible 2000, I look at
research done about myth and religion as tools in literature through modern history. It is
always questions as to what is correct literature and not purely scientific. My choice is made
based on that the results could be used in both teaching about Christianity in school, but
especially in the church during children hours.
Degree
Student essay
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Date
2013-02-08Author
Wallman, Terhi
Keywords
Spirituality
Children
Aslan
Trinity
Sunday school
Christianity
Language
swe