The dominionist Christian Right has been denouncing them since the first book appeared. The frenzy surrounding the release of the last book in the series brought renewed, more hysterical warnings about the “dangers” posed by Harry Potter.

James Dobson reiterated what “he said a few years ago on his daily [Focus on the Family] radio broadcast that ‘We have spoken out strongly against all of the Harry Potter products.’ His rationale for that statement: Magical characters – witches, wizards, ghosts, goblins, werewolves, poltergeists and so on – fill the Harry Potter stories, and given the trend toward witchcraft and New Age ideology in the larger culture, it’s difficult to ignore the effects such stories (albeit imaginary) might have on young, impressionable minds.”

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