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   Is Harry Potter Christian?, in Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature » Read Now

   by Dan McVeigh. 9 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Literature, Entire Library

   ...for a final seven; eleven years of age in Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, Harry will therefore be seventeen in the last volume...everyone except most of her young...
   
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   Witch Hunt: Why the Religious Right Is Crusading to Exorcise Harry Potter Books from Public Schools and Libraries, in Church & State » Read Now

   by Rob Boston. 5 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

   ...School in November cancelled a planned field trip to the Harry Potter movie after a few parents, backed by a local right...that they would just as soon not be embroiled in...
   
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   Banned in the U.S.A: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries ("The Harry Potter Books" begins on p. 180) » Read Now

   by Herbert N. Foerstel. 297 pgs.

   Collections: Literature, Entire Library

   Since the first edition was published to acclaim and awards in 1994, librarians have relied on the work of noted intellectual freedom authority Herbert N. Foerstel. This expanded edition presents a thorough analysis of the current state of book banning in schools and public libraries, offering ready...

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   Since the first edition was published to acclaim and awards in 1994, librarians have relied on the work of noted intellectual freedom authority Herbert N. Foerstel. This expanded edition presents a thorough analysis of the current state of book banning in schools and public libraries, offering ready reference material on major incidents, legal cases, and annotated entries on the most frequently challenged books.

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   Harry Potter and the "Deeper Magic": Narrating Hope in Children's Literature, in Christianity and Literature » Read Now

   by Emily Griesinger. 27 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library
   
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   Harry Potter's Magic, in First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life » Read Now

   by Alan Jacobs. 4 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

   ...Harry Potters Magic. by Alan Jacobs By...aware of what has come to be called the Harry Potter phenomenon. Its hard to be unaware. Any...enter is strewn with giant stacks of...
   
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   Dumbledore's Message, in The American Prospect » Read Now

   by James A. Morone. 3 pgs.

   Collections: Entire Library

   ...James A. Morone BACK WHEN THE HARRY Potter books first reached America, the...Evangelical preachers pounded Harry Potter as "the work of the devil." Harry...most recent...
   
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   Religious Right Groups Take Aim at Popular 'Harry Potter' Books, in Church & State » Read Now

   by Church & State. 1 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

   ...Religious right groups take aim at popular Harry Potter books Wizard-in-training Harry Potter, the fictional star of a series of phenomenally...motion picture based on the...
   
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   Books Debunk Evils of Potter; Christian Authors See Enchanting Tales as Gospel Springboard, in The Washington Times » Read Now

   by Judith Person. 1 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

   ...Person, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Harry Potter books, like Halloween, have been...publications - "The Gospel According to Harry Potter," "A Charmed Life" and a...
   
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   Federal Court Foils Arkansas School's Effort to Restrict Harry Potter, in Church & State » Read Now

   by Church & State. 2 pgs.

   Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Entire Library

   ...Arkansas schools effort to restrict Harry Potter. Students in Cedarville...adventures of wizard-in-training Harry Potter, thanks to a recent federal court...permission to...
   
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    What American Schools Can Learn from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by Margaret Zoller Booth, Grace Marie Booth. 6 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

    ...appeared on these shores in 1997, the Harry Potter books have been lightning rods...States has been swept up in the Harry Potter phenomenon, with film...
    
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    Fact, Film, and Fantasy : Harry Potter and the Magically Transmuted Country, in World and I » Read Now

    by Craig Lancto. 8 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    
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    Harry Potter: A Magical Prescription for Just about Anyone, in Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy » Read Now

    by Sharon Black. 5 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    
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    Opposing Censorship in the Public Schools: Religion, Morality, and Literature (Chap. 1 "The Censorship Debate regarding Public Schools") » Read Now

    by June Edwards. 154 pgs.

    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Entire Library