The Disney gospel: secular 'toonism
Walt and Roy: the Christians
Snow White and the seven dwarfs (1937): sin and salvation
Pinocchio (1940): prove yourself
Fantasia (1940): the sorcerer's mascot
Dumbo (1940): mother love
Bambi (1942): man is in the forest
Cinderella (1950): Prince Charming II
Alice in Wonderland (1951): take the red pill
Peter Pan (1953): faith, trust, and pixie dust
Lady and the tramp (1955): mixed marriage
Sleeping beauty (1959): not in death
101 dalmatians (1961): black and white
The sword and the stone (1963): knowledge is king
The jungle book (1967): nature and nurture
Robin Hood (1973): tax rebates
The fox and the hound (1981): nature and nurture redux
The black cauldron (1985): contains occult material
Shorts: pagans, Jews, and Christians
Michael and Jeffrey: the Jews
The little mermaid (1989): upward mobility
Beauty and the beast (1991): feminism, transformation, and redemption
Aladdin (1992): encountering Islam
The lion king (1994): Karma on the Savannah
Pocahontas (1995): animating animism
The hunchback of Notre Dame (1996): the house of the lord
Hercules (1997): Superman, Samson, and Delilah
Mulan (1998): woman of valor
Tarzan (1999): taming the savage
The emperor's new groove (2000): eminent domain
Atlantis (2001): adventure capitalism
Lilo and Stitch (2002): send in the clone
Treasure planet (2002): mining the father lode
Return to neverland (2002): faith, trust, and pixie dust II
Brother Bear (2003): primitive predestination
The theme parks: American pilgrimage
The Baptist boycott: culture clash
Conclusion: questions and answers.
