The Importance Of Religion In Harry Potter

The seven books in the Harry Potter series are some of the most popular books of all time. Millions of children and adults around the world crave everything to do with Harry. From the midnight book release parties to new movie releases to the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park, fans, the world over, love Harry and can't seem to get enough of him. While scores of fans immerse themselves in the fantasy world of Harry Potter, there are some people that believe that Harry Potter is the work of the devil, and the world J.K. Rowling created entices readers to abandon God and pursue the occult. However, Harry Potter does not promote evil. Harry's entire seven novel journey exists to teach people, young and old, about love, loss,

Harry Potter’s loss of both parents during a horrific night battling against evil to protect their only son, a mother’s ultimate sacrifice and the child that would grow up to fulfill a prophecy of

Throughout the course of about fifteen years, the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling has made such an impact on the world by intertwining politics in the books. Influencing children on the struggles of such things as racism, terrorism, and even the problems in the social classes, has made each child flourish and enhance their curiosity. In America, the government compares ideally to the Ministry of Magic in the Wizarding World, which is the primary governing body of wizards and witches in the United Kingdom. Today, people need to acknowledge the unfortunate occurrences happening the world that closely pertain to the Harry Potter series.

Harry Potter is a fictional character invented by J.K Rowling in the series of seven books starting with Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone and ending with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Wikipedia, 2015). Harry is the main character in this series whose parents died when he was young and he was brought up by his aunt and uncle (Philosopher’s Stone, 1997, p.5). Harry was neglected by his aunt and uncle (Philosopher’s Stone, 1997, p.27). Harry is presented a whole new reality when he goes to the zoo one day and his integration into the magical world changes him from the foundation. These changes within him will be analysed using the developmental psychology theories of Lawrence Kohlberg and Erik Erikson to explain how the environment aided or obstructed Harry’s development.

Religion, like many things, is taught and learned, passed through the generations, written in many forms and spoken in many languages all around the world, yet how one perceives and uses it, gives religion a further meaning. For many years now in places as Africa where Kingsolver places the novel, religion isn’t taken as seriously, as it is idealized in the western world, it is in different forms than what westerners are used too, but unwillingly, individuals are forced into the westerns way of teaching, compelling them to believe it can fix all their problems. In The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver criticizes the way religion affects an individual’s arrogance, political stance, and guilt, due to a belief that religion can fix

There is irrefutable evidence that over the period of the Middle Ages, both Christianity and Islam have been anchors in both shaping and influencing governance of kingdoms and empires comprising Western Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and territories ruled by Islam. Religion during this period was widely used to set laws, influence culture, justify armed conflicts, and pronounce punishment on citizens domiciled within the geographies depicted within this essay. I will attempt to illuminate the geopolitical climate, territorial demarcation, and religious influences that depicted life circa 500 – 1517 CE. From the background material submitted, I will directly answer the following questions:

It is important to focus on the definitions of religion and quasi-religion to understand how they can influence film, specifically fantasy films. Religion has no one definition as it differs from one person to another. Quasi- religion resembles something that is religious, so quasi-religious mythology is mythology that is influenced by religious ideology. Such as Spanish mythology which is influenced by Catholicism or Greek mythology. Religion has been a part of society’s upbringing, a large amount of people identifies with a certain religion, though there are those who left certain religions or do not identify with any religion. The stories and ideology represented in any religion remain familiar to them because they grow up with them. Even

"The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by an invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing." (Severus Snape, Book five.) The book series entitled 'Harry Potter' has Biblical themes hidden beneath all of the spells, charms, and enchantments. Harry Potter, in my own opinion, is very Christ like and I feel like the book series could be looked at like a modernized version of the bible. He resembles Jesus Christ in multiple ways. J.K Rowling has subtly featured religious symbolism in her books such as, Harry dying for the wizarding world much like Jesus died willingly for our sins. After they died, they were both resurrected. Fawkes, the

C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series had many parallels to his christian faith, as does Tolkiens Lord of the Ring trilogy. The Catholic religion is a very strict and ceremonious religion, Tolkien shows his Catholic background in the way the ring must be destroyed, in that it can only be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. Also the theme of good vs evil is yet another way the book is influenced by his religion, there is good, God, and bad, Satan, and in the book the fellowship is the good and all of Mordor is bad. Also the land of Mordor may be a parallel to Hell. One of the most interesting things to note is that after Gandalf falls into the chasm he emerges in a later book having transformed into Gandalf the White, in this form he is

During the Puritan Era of American history, religion was ingrained in every aspects of society. Literature written in or set in that time shows how religion impacted daily life. Many famous pieces, including The Scarlet Letter, The Crucible, and Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God clearly shows the harsh Calvinist ideals of the Puritan Age. These famous works depict the Puritan’s strict social justices, a gospel based legal system, and an overall societal fear of displeasing an unseen power in any way. Every text set in this time can be characterized by its substantial theme of religion and God.

Yet, this summer is even more unusual for Harry Potter than he’d expect. When his cousin makes fun of him, the two of them get surrounded by a group of dementors, dangerous and powerful creatures. Which decide to attack Harry and his freaked out cousin. This is strange, as they’re supposed to guard the most evil prison in the Wizarding World, Azkaban.

When Harry arrived at the hospital it was too late. His father had tragically died to a seizure. Harry’s heart sank. All the things that he never got to say to his father, now he’ll never get the chance. Harry had so much to say, It would take him hours. Now Harry can never tell his father what he wanted to. Harry wanted to get out of there. He sprinted out of there wailing for everyone to hear. Harry after a while ended up back at the shop. This was the quietest and loneliest it has ever been. Harry walked over to the counter. It hadn’t changed at all. “Where’s Harry” the bird mocked him, “Miss him.” Harry realized what he had done and so he decided to start running the shop, but every day after school he opened of the bird mocked him and

There are seven books stacked one after the other on a table, waiting to be opened by the reader. They were just there tempting its owner, causing him/her to take several glances at the books as they worked on important matters. It was calling to the reader, calling and begging to be opened again after the six long years of being untouched. It wasn’t only the books calling out, so was its film adaptation. They pick up one of the books, opening it to the first chapter, “The Boy Who Lived”, and started reading; they now re-join the journey of growing up once again with Harry Potter.

Classical mythology has had a monumental impact on the world as a whole. Whether we realize it or not, mythology is all around us. It is weaved into the stories we hear, the movies we watch, and even the books we read. One of the most prominent connections between mythology and our world today would be the Harry Potter series. The most obvious connection between mythology and the Harry Potter series are the characters within the stories.

Religion has been a powerful force in human history. Mankind has longed and searched for the answers to its purpose, the reason for being and the possibility of life after physical death. They reasoned that an afterlife would be a place of accounting and reckoning for the life they lived on earth. Religious belief systems seemed to give the answers as to how to prepare for the afterlife. Religion became the means of giving answers to those basic yet deep-seated questions of both life and death. Religion provided a format of rules and laws for conduct and treatment toward others based on the desires and wishes of a god or gods that people envisioned, imagined or invented. Religious belief systems have been a powerful force for good and bad...good in the sense that it provided a measure of individual behavior and order in society for the wellbeing of the whole, but bad in the sense that men of ambition who craved power and control over others would often use religion as a tool of manipulation and fear. A casual glance of history tells us that complete civilizations have been built, grown and maintained around elaborate religious systems, ancient Egypt being a prime example.