Prince Caspian 1: Do You Remember?

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   Mike

   December 21, 2024

   I enjoy your podcasts, Alistair. Your tangent on Christian persecution in the first episode of Prince Caspian seemed unnecessary and, frankly, uninformed. I resonate with your point about Americans complaining about persecution, but any cursory research would show that Christianity is the most persecuted religion worldwide (most sources would say by a fairly large margin) and I can only assume you shared broadly without doing research. As a Christian who lives in the Middle East, the issue is very personal for me and I hope you will be more careful in the future.

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      Alastair

      December 22, 2024

      Hi Mike,

      Thank you for your comment. I’m going to address this topic at the beginning of the next show, but, in short, I think you’re right — out of a desire to defuse some of the opposition to Lewis’ allegorical framework and to oppose the common depiction of Christianity as a uniquely and comprehensively persecuted faith, I overstated the case and underemphasized the real threats against Christians today. I also failed to draw a proper connections between Lewis’ depiction of a Christian faith in the context of the classical world and the plot of the novel (despite mentioning the persecution of Christians during the Roman period). I should have articulated my argument more clearly and carefully, and I apologize for the offence caused.

      Thanks for listening, and for getting in touch,

      Alastair

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