Harry Potter is way ahead

Jan 05, 2002

Posted by: John Admin

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Harry Potter is way ahead of Frodo Baggins in the battle of the box office, but in conservative Christian churches, Frodo rules (from the Boston Globe). Quotage:

Tim Keller, a conservative Presbyterian minister in Manhattan … stirred up controversy when he tried to praise “Harry Potter” in a sermon at his church, arguing that the books do a good job portraying evil as a force in the world, portraying the power of the supernatural, and glorifying the importance of sacrificial love as seen when Harry Potter’s mother dies saving her infant son.

Keller said he has been criticized by a small but vocal group of people upset that he praised Potter. Keller rejects the criticism, saying it’s “somewhat inexplicable.” His wife, Kathy, is even more critical, saying “I learned that anything can be misused when one of our sons picked up a big Bible and clunked his brother on the head with it. But that doesn’t mean we banned Bibles.”

An interesting article from FAZ.net gets into some of the science behind the magic in the Harry Potter books.





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