{"id":18644,"date":"2011-07-24T12:04:53","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T17:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/jesuscreed\/?p=18644"},"modified":"2011-07-19T20:28:51","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T01:28:51","slug":"what-do-you-think-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2011\/07\/24\/what-do-you-think-7\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you think?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

J.K. Rowling<\/strong><\/a>, a church goer, opens up about the Christian and religious dimensions of her Harry Potter books:<\/p>\n

What about you? Do you think the books are Christian, for Christians, good for Christians, dangerous for Christians? Are these books the next Chronicles of Narnia?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cThe truth is that, like Graham Greene, my faith is sometimes that my faith will return. It\u2019s something I struggle with a lot,\u201d she revealed. \u201cOn any given moment if you asked me [if] I believe in life after death, I think if you polled me regularly through the week, I think I would come down on the side of yes \u2014 that I do believe in life after death. [But] it\u2019s something that I wrestle with a lot. It preoccupies me a lot, and I think that\u2019s very obvious within the books.\u201d<\/p>\n

That, by the author\u2019s own acknowledgement, \u201cHarry Potter\u201d deals extensively with Christian themes may be somewhat ironic, considering that many Christian leaders have denounced the series for glamorizing witchcraft. When he was known simply as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Pope himself condemned the books, writing that their \u201csubtle seductions, which act unnoticed \u2026 deeply distort Christianity in the soul before it can grow properly.\u201d<\/p>\n

For her part, Rowling said she\u2019s proud to be on numerous banned-book lists. As for the protests of some believers? Well, she doesn\u2019t take them as gospel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI go to church myself,\u201d she declared. \u201cI don\u2019t take any responsibility for the lunatic fringes of my own religion.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

J.K. Rowling, a church goer, opens up about the Christian and religious dimensions of her Harry Potter books: What about you? Do you think the books are Christian, for Christians, good for Christians, dangerous for Christians? Are these books the next Chronicles of Narnia? \u201cThe truth is that, like Graham Greene, my faith is sometimes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat do you think?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"J.K. Rowling, a church goer, opens up about the Christian and religious dimensions of her Harry Potter books: What about you? 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