If you’re looking for a late-summer read, check out the book “Jesus Potter Harry Christ.” It claims that both Harry and Jesus are spiritual metaphors told in the literary form of historical fiction. The paperback is selling well on amazon,
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The Truth about Harry Potter and Jesus: Religious symbolism, controversy and theology in JK Rowling’s Deathly Hallows
A big part of the research I’ve been doing in the past decade has focused on historical Jesus research: how much of the gospel story is literature, and how much (if any) is based on firm historical fact. For my
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Harry Potter and Christian Theology: Jesus and Harry in Deathly Hallows Part II
Danielle Tumminio, the Author of “God and Harry Potter at Yale” has posted an article at Huffingtonpost.com about Harry Potter and Christianity. I’m jealous, because the article is basically a timely tease for her book – and I’d love my
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Author burns Harry Potter books wearing Jesus Costume at Deathly Hallows Premiere
Portland, July. 2nd, 2011 – Although the religious controversy over JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series was a hot topic several years ago, as the 8th and final movie (Deathly Hallows Part II) comes out this month Christians and nonbelievers will
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Jesus and the Escape from the Enchanted Tomb: Harry Potter and Education Budget Cuts
There’s an interesting, if bizarre, article over at esquire about Harry Potter and Jesus Christ called “Harry Potter and the Hatred of Teachers: His political fantasy and ours.” On first glance it seems to be a ridiculously obvious bid to draw
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The Existence of Jesus Christ, Harry Potter and other ‘Historical’ Saviors
Recently in an online discussion of the historical Jesus and my book Jesus Potter Harry Christ, Hans Andréa from Harry Potter for Seekers responded to a question about Jesus’ existence with an insightful commentary. Since I agree with Hans’ conclusions
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Harry Potter and Osama-Obama: Myth and Reality in the War on Terror
I wasn’t going to blog about Osama bin Laden’s death. Not only because I’m not very political, and I don’t actually care much if Osama is alive or dead, but also because (due to an innate distrust of the American
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Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and Jesus swing dancing video
I’m up late, procrastinating, Greek class tomorrow morning. Enjoy. Incoming search terms:daniel radcliffe dancing gif (8)daniel radcliffe gifs (7)daniel radcliffe gif (6)harry potter dancing gif (6)daniel radcliffe dancing video (4)swing w harrym potterze (3)Harry & Jesus Vid (3)Tweet
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Daniel Radcliffe crashes Prince Williams’ royal wedding dressed as Harry Potter, Rowling mortified.
For immediate release: Apr. 29th, 2011: Daniel Radcliffe seemed to take it in stride last week when he found out he was not invited to the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. “I mean, I don’t even know
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Does JK Rowling’s “Deathly Hallows” Reveal Jesus as Literary Figure?
The Deathly Hallows Part 2 movie (Harry Potter Eight) is coming out soon. There’s been talk that Harry Potter is a Christ Figure. They’ve got it backwards: Jesus Christ is a Harry Potter Figure. Harry Potter Refutes Historical Jesus? John
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The Bible Sucks: How Star Wars and Harry Potter use Void as Cult-Producing Mechanism
PZ Myers (biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota) recently pointed out on his blog Pharyngula that Star Wars sucked. What is it about sucky movies and TV shows (like Star Trek) that gather a cult following? It’s
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Jesus, Harry, Christians and Atheists: The Spiritual War for Possession of Harry Potter’s Soul.
I just stumbled across a comment made by self proclaimed Hogwarts professor John Granger against my book, Jesus Potter Harry Christ. It was hurtful. He says: Jesus Potter, Harry Christ is a book that “reveals” that Jesus of Nazareth was
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