The Gospel According to Harry Potter: Spirituality in the Stories of the World's Most Famous Seeker

By: Connie Neal

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Synopsis: from a Review of "The Gospel According to Harry Potter by Connie Neal" by Jonathan Marlowe, pastor of Shiloh United Methodist Church in Granit Quarry, NC Connie Neal goes carefully through the four Harry Potter books that have been published so far, and patiently shows us the same kind of "points of contact" with the Bible that I discussed with the children in my church. These "points of contact" (or "glimmers of the gospel," as she calls them) include how Lily Potter's sacrifice for the sake of her son Harry corresponds to Christ's sacrifice for us on the cross, how Dumbledore's deep wisdom mirrors the character of God, and how evil forces operate through deception and violence. Neal is careful not to treat the Potter series as Christian allegory, acknowledging that the Potter stories are different from C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia. But she wants to prove that J. K. Rowling was right when she said, "You can find in these stories whatever you are looking for." So many have found evidence of witchcraft and the occult in these stories because that is what they were seeking. But Neal has gone to the same stories looking instead for the gospel, and much to the reader's delight, she has found it.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 172 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780664226015
Publisher:: N/A
Date of Addition:: 06/30/03
Copyrighted By:: Connie Neal
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Children's Books, Nonfiction, Teens, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Richard Turner
Proofread By:: Nick Abrahamson
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.