Religion is present in many different places and in many different forms. It influences and is influenced by today’s fast paced society. If you look you can find hints of religion in sports, politics, and even popular culture, such as movies, books, television series’, and music. One piece of popular culture that is heavily influenced by religion is the world-renowned Harry Potter series. Throughout all of the Harry Potter books and movies you can see an obvious Christian influence. Harry Potter is a lived theology, the characters reflect Jesus Christ and some Christian practices are represented, but still some people view the series as having negative values.
First of all, Harry Potter is a lived theology. Miller-McLemore describes a lived theology as “the practice of everyday life that has religious or moral implications with or without a person being conscious of it” (qtd. in Apostolides and Meylahn, “The Lived Theology” 1). After the last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published, author J.K. Rowling said in an interview that the books were, in fact, based on Christ’s story and that as a young girl she sought faith and attended church regularly even though the rest of her family members were not believers. Also, Rowling attributes the “spiritual quest of love and death” in the series to her own mother’s young death. Rowling, as well as other fantasy writers, use flashes of the Gospel …show more content…
It is in our politics, in our news, and in our entertainment. Even in the Harry Potter series religion is very obvious. Christianity can be seen in Harry Potter because it is a lived theology. Many of the characters in the series have Christ-like qualities and some Christian practices are represented. But still, some people believe Harry Potter promotes negative values. However you look at it, though, it is almost impossible to deny the influence of Christianity in the Harry Potter
First of all, Harry Potter is a lived theology. Miller-McLemore describes a lived theology as “the practice of everyday life that has religious or moral implications with or without a person being conscious of it” (qtd. in Apostolides and Meylahn, “The Lived Theology” 1). After the last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published, author J.K. Rowling said in an interview that the books were, in fact, based on Christ’s story and that as a young girl she sought faith and attended church regularly even though the rest of her family members were not believers. Also, Rowling attributes the “spiritual quest of love and death” in the series to her own mother’s young death. Rowling, as well as other fantasy writers, use flashes of the Gospel …show more content…
It is in our politics, in our news, and in our entertainment. Even in the Harry Potter series religion is very obvious. Christianity can be seen in Harry Potter because it is a lived theology. Many of the characters in the series have Christ-like qualities and some Christian practices are represented. But still, some people believe Harry Potter promotes negative values. However you look at it, though, it is almost impossible to deny the influence of Christianity in the Harry Potter