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On the right track - worth a read
15 Aug 2011
Format:Paperback
I admire Killinger's enthusiasm for Christ that comes through in his writing. If you're a Christian looking for a Christian reading of Harry Potter, this one is a good start. It is not true that lots of other myths follow the same template and are also "Christ-Figures"; Harry Potter is filled with symbolism and parallels that make him more similar to Jesus than any other literary character, ever.
This does not mean that JK Rowling was secretly writing a Christian story however - she's mentioned several times that the Christian elements are a testament of her background, but that she wasn't trying to write a secretly Christian tale. Harry Potter is an excellent story about a boy wizard. Christians who fear it incites children to magic are absolutely right: Harry Potter fans wants to become warlocks and use magic. But this can easily be integrated into a theology lesson about how all things are possible in God and how Jesus said we could move mountains with faith. The nice thing about Harry Potter is that they're excellent stories that make people want to read them (the same is never true with most translations of the people, which few adults have actually read).
The relationship between Jesus and Harry is fascinating and worth comment. Killinger's book is one possible response to this complex issue.
This does not mean that JK Rowling was secretly writing a Christian story however - she's mentioned several times that the Christian elements are a testament of her background, but that she wasn't trying to write a secretly Christian tale. Harry Potter is an excellent story about a boy wizard. Christians who fear it incites children to magic are absolutely right: Harry Potter fans wants to become warlocks and use magic. But this can easily be integrated into a theology lesson about how all things are possible in God and how Jesus said we could move mountains with faith. The nice thing about Harry Potter is that they're excellent stories that make people want to read them (the same is never true with most translations of the people, which few adults have actually read).
The relationship between Jesus and Harry is fascinating and worth comment. Killinger's book is one possible response to this complex issue.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Setting facts straight.
29 Mar 2012
Format:Paperback
I have not yet, but intend to read The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Harry Potter, adding to my extensive library of books written about the Harry Potter stories. Just thought I would point out that Cedric Diggory was not in Gryfindor, but in Hufflepuff House, as stated by the author of this book. In fact, Cedric was Hufflepuff's greatest hero!
0 of 8 people found the following review helpful
An interesting thesis
6 Jan 2011
Format:Paperback
I have recently begun reading John Killinger's work, The Life, Death and Resurrection of Harry Potter. Being a clergyman, Killinger poses an interesting thesis. He finds a theological undertone to the entire J. K. Rowling series about the boy wizard. To his thesis, I pose no judgment. It is a fascinating one at that, but not alone in literature. Certainly one can find Christ figures in Superman, C. S. Lewis' works, Melville's, et al. What disturbed me most was Killinger's lack of in-depth research, or perhaps understanding, of the basic facts of the Rowling series. On page 58 he writes, "...Harry pauses at the end of a difficult race to allow his chief competitor from Huffelpuff House, a boy named Cedric Diggory..." Diggory was not in Huffelpuff House, but in Gryfindor.
While this may seem a trival point, and admittedly it probably is, when you consider the rest of the book, and the thesis posed I think it would be good to at least have facts correct.
While this may seem a trival point, and admittedly it probably is, when you consider the rest of the book, and the thesis posed I think it would be good to at least have facts correct.
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