Finding Christianity — in Harry Potter

I love the controversy don’t you?

John Granger says he knows why people love J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books.

“Her books are stuffed with Christianity and fall over themselves with Christian meaning,” he says.

Wait a minute.

Aren’t these the same books some Christians continue to condemn because they’re supposedly packed with witchcraft and the occult?

But wizards, magic wands and magic schools aren’t so important, Granger says.

Look closer, he says.

The books are loaded with everything from resurrections to allusions to specific Bible passages, he says.

Keep on reading…

1 comment so far

  1. Carrie K. July 21, 2005 11:32 pm

    Stacy,
    I just posted on this very thing:

    http://nnjmom.blogspot.com/2005/07/harry-potter.html

    I also linked to many articles, both pro and con, on the HP phenomenon.

    Carrie

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