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But I don't know about that bit of The Last Battle, but I find it kind of... weird... if Aslan suddenly is Jesus, as it would seem to me that the notion in The Last Battle is that, in a way, all those who died in it on Earth were more-suited to the Narnian... slice of afterlife anyway. They kind of effectively die twice as I understand it?

Yep, they died twice. Once I think in a train crash in their world, and then again in Narnia. The way it comes across in that scene that Aslan is revealed to them as God (or possibly Jesus, it doesn't say which). I don't think the idea is that they're more suited to Narnia, more that they've gotten to know God in the form he takes in Narnia (i.e. Aslan) and now that they're in the afterlife he reveals himself in the form he takes in their world. Same essence, different forms.

The Silver Chair is a fun read, it features a great villain and mind control. The Last Battle has a really beautiful depiction of the afterlife. It's both incredibly appealing and incredibly chilling.

Aslan is the only character I recall being a direct equivalent to a Christian figure. There are other parallels and similarities of course, but I do think the other characters are characters in their own right too.