“There is a difference between real moral progress and mere innovation,” remarks CS Lewis in his collection of essays entitled L abolition of man (Lewis 46). As an atheist academic turned apologist for Christianity, Lewis passionately refutes the supposed improvements of society in every aspect of his writing, even in his children's novels. At the time when Lewis was busy transferring his theological thoughts and vivid imagination to paper, the world was reeling from the terrible devastation caused by World War II. Partly because of the desolation seen in bomb-ravaged Europe, people began to view common beliefs with a more cynical eye. This skepticism marks the advent of the current postmodernist movement. Although postmodernism was just beginning to emerge during his writing career, Lewis's staunch rejection of the idea of ​​moral relativity and the codification of sin demonstrates an understanding of the serious threat that postmodernism poses to Christianity. In all of Lewis's works, the question of sin is addressed frankly and Christ's redemption is presented as the only hope of escaping inevitable destruction. The Chronicles of Narnia series is no exception. From the beginning, the symbolic events and characters of Narnia serve to resist postmodernists determined to deny the truth altogether. In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Lewis uses the character Edmund to challenge postmodernist beliefs by emphasizing the existence of natural law, the seriousness of violating that law, and the need for redemption. Wardrobe, the first Narnia book published, Lewis leaves children fascinated with the thought of a frigid magical world occupied by talking animals and b...... middle of paper ...... Works Cited Karkainen , Paul A. Narnia: Unlocking the Wardrobe. Grand Rapids: Baker Publishing Group, 1979. (43-66). Print.Lewis, CS Mere Christianity. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1952. Print. Lewis, CS The Abolition of Man. New York: Harper Collins, 1944. Print.Lewis, CS The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1950. Print.Lewis, CS The Screw Letters. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1942. Print.Manlove, CN "The 'Narnia' Books". Bloom's Literature (1987). Facts about File, Inc. Web. November 16, 2013. Markos, Louis A. “Redeempting Postmodernism: At Play in the Fields of Narnia.” Revisiting Narnia: fantasy, myth and religion in the Chronicles of CS Lewis. Ed. Caughey, Shanna. Dallas: BenBella Books, Inc., 2005.229-241. Print.The Holy Bible: New King James Version. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1982. Print.