Harry Potter and the Bible : the menace behind the magick

by Richard Abanes

Paperback, 2001

Status

Available

Call number

823 ABA

Tags

books about books

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Description

Is the Harry Potter phenomena harmless fantasy or dangerous fascination? This book catalogs various forms of occultism included in the first four Harry Potter books and warns against spiritual dangers.

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LibraryThing member cindiann
This tome purports to explain why J.K. Rowling's blockbuster novels are just Pure Evil(TM). You can tell by his spelling of "magick" that Abanes is no fan. Skip this hysterical, poorly written volume in favor of John Killinger's God, the Devil, and Harry Potter; it offers a glimpse into this Dark
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 Side of Harry without being so egregiously ... stoopid. read fall 2004
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LibraryThing member BookMystique
Harry Potter and the Bible by Richard Abanes is a pathetic attempt to force Satanic and Pagan ideas onto a book where they do not exist. It is a inexcusable effort to appear researched and documented when, in fact, the footnotes and cited sources are misused, misrepresented and edited to make the
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 author's point seem valid. It is a convoluted argument based not nothing and intending to incite fear of an enemy and loathing for a danger that is not real. Harry Potter and the Bible is, in short, dishonest. Ironically, dishonesty is one of the author's indictments against the Harry Potter stories.

Connie Neal's What's A Christian to do with Harry Potter is a much more balanced perspective.
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LibraryThing member Black_samvara
Weirdly earnest, I admit one of the reasons I was attracted was the spelling of the word 'Magick'.
LibraryThing member octoberdad
Can I rate it "no stars"?

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Language

English

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DDC/MDS

823 ABA

Pages

xv; 275

Rating

½ (22 ratings; 2.8)

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