God in the WW? In JKR's words?

[Jim Ferer]

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Davenclaw: "So people who get all worked up about Harry Potter books
need to differentiate between the risk of children rejecting religion
in favor of magic and witchcraft, and the development of the ability
to understand events that are not explained by science, which is
necessary to make that "leap of faith." That is why the Catholic
Church issued a statement a few years back in support of the Harry
Potter books."

The Harry Potter series has no relationship to witchcraft in the sense
it's used by pagans, wiccans, and the like.  There is no calling on
the Dark Powers or spirits of the earth. In the wizard world, magic is
the science and technology of that world, used for the things we use
technology for today. That point is made more than once (by Arthur,
usually).

What makes the books what they are are the themes of love (there have
been few stories in many years with so much love in them), courage,
sacrifice, and conscience.  It is Harry's power to love that separates
him from evil; the story is full of sacrifice, with much more to come,
I'm certain.  It is compassion for Luna that starts bringing Harry
back to humanity at the end of OoP.  It is love for everyone that will
lead Harry to whatever great sacrifice awaits him as the price of
destroying Voldemort.

All this was done without any explicit mention of a religious
framework. In this JKR reminds me of Tolkien, a devout Catholic, who
espoused his inner experience through his characters. His friend
Lewis, an equally devout Catholic, was more explicit, but their
thinking was much the same.

BTW: My daughters' parish (Catholic) is going to have a Harry Potter
film festival around the time of HBP's release.

Jim Ferer