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(More customer reviews)I admire Killinger's enthusiasm for Christ that comes through in his writing. If you're a Christian looking for a Christian reading of Harry Potter, this one is a good start. It is not true that lots of other myths follow the same template and are also "Christ-Figures"; Harry Potter is filled with symbolism and parallels that make him more similar to Jesus than any other literary character, ever.
This does not mean that JK Rowling was secretly writing a Christian story however - she's mentioned several times that the Christian elements are a testament of her background, but that she wasn't trying to write a secretly Christian tale. Harry Potter is an excellent story about a boy wizard. Christians who fear it incites children to magic are absolutely right: Harry Potter fans wants to become warlocks and use magic. But this can easily be integrated into a theology lesson about how all things are possible in God and how Jesus said we could move mountains with faith. The nice thing about Harry Potter is that they're excellent stories that make people want to read them (the same is never true with most translations of the people, which few adults have actually read).
The relationship between Jesus and Harry is fascinating and worth comment. Killinger's book is one possible response to this complex issue.
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