Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:
Humor:
The Onion asks if we are spending enough on educating our children about whales.
Politics:
(or religion) An article in Christianity Today calls President Bush a heretic.
Literature:
Christianity Today has a page giving links to its previous coverage of the Harry Potter books and movies. Some writers didn't like them, some did.
A powerful, but short, Harry Potter opinion in Time.
This week's Christian Carnival is here. For information on these Carnivals, go here.
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Having finished Harry Potter 7, I have to say that Grossman's contention about the books representing a sea change in favour of secularism is nothing but unsubstantiated wishful thinking on his part. It's got lots of powerful religious symbolism.
ReplyDeleteThanks, elliot.
ReplyDeleteI won't read HP & the DH for some time.
Grossman did seem pretty grumpy. Perhaps somewhat envious.