About this title: Contrary to those who reject the Harry Potter books as a threat to Christian faith, Neal demonstrates how the lessons in these books reinforce the central messages of the Bible.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN-13:9780664226015ISBN:0664226019
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780664226015ISBN:0664226019
Description: Good+ 0664226019. Library sticker on binding. Markings on title page.; Pages are all present and unmarked. Cover and binding in great condition.; Ex-Library; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 164 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780664226015ISBN:0664226019
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Description: Very Good. Westminster John Knox Press, TPB, 2002, 3rd printing. Appears never read, clean, tight binding, no markings or highlighting, would be like new except for a bookplate. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780664226015ISBN:0664226019
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Oversized softcover trade paperback, Fine Condition (Brand new book! ), Original price of $14.95 (Religion). read more
"It is good, but after a while it tends to be the same thing over and over again because she demonstrates multiple examples on the same Christian topic."
"This was a nice way to look at the Harry Potter books as a parallel to the Gospel. The most important thing to take from the book was that you can find a message in any book."
"This was not exactly what I expected but I did enjoy it. The author explains her motivation for writing the book was as a response particularly to those Christians who basically condemned the series without even reading the books (which touches on one of my personal pet peeves - judging something without taking the time to educate oneself about the issue at hand). She mentions an interview with JK Rowling and Rowling's comment about this uninformed opinion: "People tend to find in books what they look to find."
Neal goes on to ask,"Do we really want to start determining what we will or will not read on the basis of whether the author shares our religious faith? ... Is our own faith so fragile that we dare not know what those of a different sect of Christianity, or those of undisclosed religious persuasions, or those of different religious backgrounds are thinkins?" She also references the writings of both CS Lewis and Tolkien and the similar "camps" supporting or opposing their works.
What interested me the most were the specific themes, scenes, and characters Neal chose to address. Some of them were no brainers, but I'll admit she offered insights on some that I neve stopped to think about. Only the first four books in the series had been written when Neal wrote this book, and I'd love to read the revised edition to find out what she thinks about the final 3 books.
Definitely worth reading if you happen to be Christian and a Harry Potter fan and have ever found yourself in the position of having to defend what I believe to be the positive (and yes, Christian) themes in the series."
"This is a clever work of literary analysis that takes a number of themes from each of the Potter novels and relates it to a theme of Scripture in a number of brief essays."
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