According to CNN.com, universities like Yale are using the Harry Potter series as the subject of entire theology courses. Apparently the subject matter draws large crowds and makes the usually boring topic of theology come to life. Um....is it me or is this a load of complete horse shit? Harry Potter is certainly entertaining but I wouldn't be so quick to say that there is any real literary value to the books above and beyond me having a wet dream about flying around on a broomstick and casting spells on fat people.
I haven't read the books in the series but have seen the films and can say fairly confidently that there is no theological relevance to any of it. It's a nice story that draws on religious themes - but to design a course around it and suggest that students at Yale are going to learn anything that they can apply to a future endeavor is absolutely LUDE-ICROUS.
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