1. Aslan Group
Presentation
Good, Magic, Fantasy,
Mythology, and Christian
Analogy in Mere Christianity,
Miracles, The Great Divorce,
The Screwtape Letters and
The Problem of Pain

2. Good
 Mere Christianity
 Goodness Defined
 Miracles
 Manifestation of Good
 The Problem of Pain
 Why isn’t Goodness absolute?
 The Great Divorce
 The utter reality of Goodness
 The Screwtape Letters
 Hell’s view of Goodness

3. Magic, Fantasy, and
Mythology
 Mere Christianity
 The building blocks
 Miracles
 Myth become real
 The Problem of Pain
 ‘Myths’ about Pain
 The Great Divorce
 The creation of mythology
 The Screwtape Letters
 The other side of the war

4. Christian Analogies
 Mere Christianity
 Use of analogy, rather than metaphor – the
basis of his apologetics
 Miracles
 The Problem of Pain
 The Great Divorce
 The entire book
 The Screwtape Letters
 Christian analogy reversed