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How many times Harry and his friends visit Church? how often in the moments of crisis when they are helpless, clueless, they pray to God for Grace or Mercy? How many times God's Grace saves them from the Devil Lord Voldemort? Does J.K. Rowling uses Christianity at any level in the entire Harry Potter series?
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‘Sacrifice’ in the Harry Potter Series Irom a Girardian Perspective.” https://www.jstor.org/stable/41925316
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Character Harry Potter make resemblance the story of Jesus Christ
Conservative Christians criticized the novel for the complete absence of Christianity
The themes of sacrifice, redemption, and rebirth are central to Christian theology.
Celebration of Christmas in Hogwarts
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" J. K. Rowling has claimed publicly to be a religious woman and has stated that the Harry Potter books do not collide with her beliefs. Nevertheless, the idea of magic has been associated for centuries with the devil’s work. Therefore, many Christians believed Harry Potter to be anti-Christian, and not appropriate for the target audience " (Nexon & Neumann, 2006). In fact, the underlying themes of the series are essentially Christian. [click here]
There are some Christians who had criticized the Harry Potter books, saying they lead their young readers in the direction of paganism.
In the last part
“Harry must enter the forbidden forest alone, and he knows he will be crucified as Jesus was” (McCarron, 2009).
He had sacrificed his life for others. His mother Lily Potter also sacrificed her life for her son. This is the clue where we can connect the concept of Christianity and sacrifice.
Rowling does a good job of portraying a magical and pre-Christian world reminiscent of paganism but structures the novel series with the Christian story of sacrifice and redemption.
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