CS#12: Nancy Brown Talks About Catholic Family Guide To Harry Potter
The content and opinions in this interview are very controversial in the Catholic community, and they do not necessarily represent the viewpoints of the staff at the Catholic Company.
In this interview, Nancy Brown talks about The Mystery of Harry Potter – A Catholic Family Guide. She explains the controversy around Harry Potter in the Catholic world and describes her journey from being strongly against Harry Potter to a neutral position on the series. Her book is designed to help families decide if reading the Harry Potter books is right for their children. She also gives pointers on appropriate ages and important discussions that should occur if your child is reading the Harry Potter series. Nancy shares about her personal knowledge of JK Rowling’s christian background and practices as well as christian elements and themes in the books themselves. Furthermore, she points out the similarities between Harry Potter and other christian fantasy such as The Lord of the Rings.
Nancy is a homeschooling mother, author, and photo framer. She is also a member of the GK Chesterton Society. Find Nancy’s blog at http://mrsnancybrown.blogspot.com.
Items Discussed in this podcast:
The Mystery of Harry Potter – A Catholic Family Guide
Writings of GK Chesterton
Orthodoxy
The Everlasting Man
The Lord of the Rings
Read our call in page to find out how your family, church, or school group can be featured doing our intro. You are also welcome to call in questions and comments to our voice-mail at 206-426-1207. You might just be on our next show.
Subscribe to the feed | Subscribe with iTunes
A VERY special thanks to Dave Miller for providing the awesome music in this podcast.
Leave a Reply