{"id":1011,"date":"2007-07-21T01:36:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-21T01:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/bishop_praises_gospel_according_to_potter\/"},"modified":"2007-07-21T01:36:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-21T01:36:00","slug":"bishop_praises_gospel_according_to_potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=1011","title":{"rendered":"Bishop praises \u201d\u02dcGospel according to Potter\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Anglican communion should learn lessons from Harry Potter, a senior religious figure urged yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The Bishop of St Davids, Carl Cooper, said the Christian virtues of humility, respect and love portrayed in the stories about the teenage wizard should be replicated within the church.<\/p>\n<p>But the religious world last night remained divided about the influence of the hugely popular series of books and films, with one Welsh evangelist describing them as a \u201cdoorway to the occult\u201d\u009d.<\/p>\n<p>The seventh and final book in the Potter saga \u201d\u201c Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows \u201d\u201c will be released tomorrow, with anticipation around the world reaching fever pitch among the character\u2019s army of followers. To make the most of demand, Asda will be selling it for \u00c2\u00a35 a copy, the retailer said last night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icwales.icnetwork.co.uk\/0100news\/0200wales\/tm_headline=bishop-praises-8216-gospel-according-to-potter-8217&#038;method=full&#038;objectid=19482633&#038;siteid=50082-name_page.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE:<\/p>\n<p>WARNING!  There are spoilers in the comments!<\/b><br \/>\n<i>I think most folks have been careful to note any spoilers in advance.  But for those who&#8217;ve not yet read the book who are trying to remain unaware of the ending, read the latter comments below only at your own risk! &#8211;elfgirl<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Anglican communion should learn lessons from Harry Potter, a senior religious figure urged yesterday. The Bishop of St Davids, Carl Cooper, said the Christian virtues of humility, respect and love portrayed in the stories about the teenage wizard should<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=1011\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,39,113,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-culture-watch","category-poetry-literature","category-religion-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}