Posted by: @waggawerewolf27

@Courtenay  You agreed about one connection, as below.   

I agree about more than one connection between Aslan and Jesus, as I think I may have made clear in previous posts.

Posted by: @waggawerewolf27

But I really should have pointed out that for both, not only the sacrifice was made but also both Aslan and Jesus came back to life.

I think that's clear enough, don't worry, from other things you've written and from this whole discussion in general. 

Posted by: @waggawerewolf27

That is the real sticking point about Christianity, for the author of "The Problem of Susan", when the powers that be at the time, did not accept Jesus as the promised Messiah, definitely in Philip Pullman's case or, maybe even for Dr Hurd, despite her scholarship? 

The issue here, though, isn't whether or not Crystal Hurd, or Philip Pullman, or any other commentators on Narnia (positive or negative) personally believe in Jesus as the Messiah and count themselves as Christians. The point is that C.S. Lewis did, and he clearly and explicitly intended readers of Narnia to see Aslan as a representation of Jesus, as Lewis imagines Jesus might appear in a different form in a different world from ours. 

Dr Hurd's article takes the stance that Lewis conceived of Aslan as "influenced" by Jesus but not to be compared directly, and that it's "spiritual fans" of Narnia who are the ones interpreting Aslan as Jesus and therefore getting upset about the possibility of Aslan being portrayed as female.

As I keep emphasising, this is wrong, because it misrepresents Lewis's own clearly stated intentions, and subtly blames fans of Narnia for interpreting Aslan as Jesus when apparently we shouldn't really be doing so.

I'd say the same, by the way, if Lewis was being misrepresented on an issue other than this, or if any other author was being misrepresented on a significant issue — whether or not it was a matter to do with Christianity or indeed some other religion.