Their obstinate refusal to accept other positions, Levin said, would eventually stifle the entire feminist critical movement, because they would be cut off from real dialogue with the larger body of critics. Without that balance, we cripple and impoverish the whole academic enterprise. While whimsical and playful on one level, the piece addresses seriously the problem of religious pluralism. If we lose our belief in our Faith as the true Faith we lose belief itself. Religious pluralism is much more serious a thing than trendy political correctness which asks us to simply respect the views of people different from ourselves.
Religious pluralism leads eventually to the admission that everything is permissible, nothing true.
What is frightening about this novel is that such things did happen, as a direct result of trying to make the Church more open-minded and accepting of other positions and beliefs. Unfortunately I cannot even begin to answer this query. I would not for a moment have thought of trying to convert him to Christianity. Aslan tells him that he considers all his works done for the false god Tash as having been done for him, the true Lord-because the boy was pure of heart and devoted entirely to what he believed to be right and good. I have a hunch that if this devout Moslem and I were to die at the same moment God would say to him what Aslan said to the young man.