Harry Potter is Christian
August 19th, 2007 by Adam
The Harry Potter series is Christian in theme, focus, and message. With the release of the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, this point is no longer possible to deny. As the book series is also clearly classic Western literature and here to stay, snuggled up next to C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, we as Christians must come to terms with the Potter saga.
To understand a little more about the Potter books, and their Christian themes, I suggest very highly that you get the following books by conservative Christians. First, get John Granger, Looking for God in Harry Potter and Unlocking Harry Potter (and his forthcoming The English Major’s Guide to Harry Potter) and read them first. Second, get these books by Connie Neal, What is a Christian to do with Harry Potter? and The Gospel According to Harry Potter. This second book was blacklisted by many totally misguided Christian bookstores early on, when it was first released. Then get a book called A Charmed Life, though I cannot recall the author now. Each of these books has their own take on Potter, but all conclude that the books do not promote occultism, and in fact are explicitly Christian.
For the immediate reading, there are a number of good internet essays on the topic. See The Christian Content of Deathly Hallows (A).
This article obviously contains spoilers and may require some background Potter knowledge.