Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix - Religious Response

Religious Response

Religious controversy surrounding Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the other books in the Harry Potter series mainly deal with the claims that novel contains occult or Satanic subtexts. Religious response to the series has not been exclusively negative. "At least as much as they've been attacked from a theological point of view", notes Rowling, " have been lauded and taken into pulpit, and most interesting and satisfying for me, it's been by several different faiths".

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