Of Vampires and Lions

Here's a little excerpt of an article entitled Into the Light about the recent faith journey of legendary vampire novelist Anne Rice...
She continued scouring the Gospels herself, not only to absorb the unfolding life of Christ, but to delve into the how of Christianity itself: "I could see that this was a great mystery. How could Christianity bust into the Roman Empire and take over the world in only 200 years? I was looking to see how this thing worked itself out, day by day, month by month, year by year." She came to understand that Christianity achieved what it did because Jesus rose from the dead: That was what made sense of Christianity's spread.

And you can read Rick and Ryan's reviews of Narnia if you want to know what I thought...thier both spot on in my humble opinion.