What are JKR's religious beliefs?

[Petra Pan]

Penny, in part:
> Certainly most of these Christian
> commentators I've discussed above
> believe that she is Christian and
> that this shows through in her
> work. I'd agree with that
> assessment in general.

Say, Penny, can you tell me if in the 
process of discussing the various 
themes and motifs of JKR's books the 
authors of these books that you've 
been reading distinguish between that 
which is at the core of just about 
every major religion in this world of 
ours AND that which is specifically 
of the Christian tradition?

In other words, as Christianity 
covers much of the same grounds as 
the various religions and faiths 
mentioned earlier in this thread, do 
any of these books identify what is 
exclusively Christian (read: grounds 
not covered by faiths other than 
Christian) about JKR's work?

Perhaps it's just me but I do find 
JKR's themes and motifs to be 
amazingly universal: irregardless of 
what faith the reader, what she says 
about human nature resonates strongly 
in just about all corners of our 
world.  The diversity of HPFGU 
certainly attests to that fact; her 
words ring true across man-made (dare 
I say artificial?) divisions and 
designations.

If this viewpoint fails to 
incorporate aspects of the books that 
stem from Christianity and 
Christianity only, could someone 
enlighten me?

Please? <not a smirk in sight here>

Just so that we are on the same page, 
I should mention that I am indeed 
familiar with the Christian 
tradition.  Besides having attended 
schools that teach the Christian 
tradition, because I majored in 
English literature in college, I've 
also studied much of the Canon...you 
know, the one that isn't actually 
written by JKR.  :)

Lest anyone mistake this for a 
challenge of someone's religious 
beliefs, I should clarify here and 
now that I have no intentions of 
denigrating any particular belief.  I 
do however believe that the origins 
of all the great religious traditions 
take their cues from the same source: 
the spark of divinity in every human 
being.  That spark burns bright in 
some of us...and flickers feebly in 
some of us.  I believe that most of 
the great religious teachers sought 
to foster that spark, that impulse to 
do good.  I include Christ himself in 
that category.

These titles that you are reading 
serve a very important purpose but as 
I am not one of those who have failed 
to see the good that are in JKR's 
books (that's essentially true of all 
of us here) and need to have the 
parallels between JKR's themes and 
themes explored in the Bible pointed 
out for me, I am curious to know if 
these books offer insights of even 
broader scope...or do they only 
explore the common ground between the 
HP themes and Christianity?

Petra
a
n  :)

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