{"id":5038,"date":"2020-07-06T14:04:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T19:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=5038"},"modified":"2022-04-21T10:23:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:23:41","slug":"harry-potter-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/harry-potter-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2020 &#8211; Harry Potter series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"\">\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"\"><a id=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2020\/author\/\">2020 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2020\/title\/\">2020 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2686\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2020\/07\/harry-potter-1.jpg\" alt=\"harry potter series\" width=\"948\" height=\"1350\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mulibiiidb.marshall.edu\/search\/X?SEARCH=t:(harry%20potter)&amp;searchscope=10&amp;SORT=D\">Drinko Juvenile Collection<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- *** ** END LEFT COLUMN ** ***-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p><p><!-- *** ** START RIGHT COLUMN ** **--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<p><strong>Marshall University does not ban books!  The information is provided to let people know what has been banned\/challenged elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>2020<\/h2>\n<p>Banned and forbidden from discussion for referring to magic and witchcraft, for containing actual cursed and spells, and for characters that use &#8220;nefarious means&#8221; to attain goals.<\/p>\n<p>A pastor at St. Edward Catholic School in Nashville (TN) expressed concern about the heretical lessons students could learn from the series. He consulted exorcists, and removed the books from the schools library. &#8220;These books present magic as both good and evil, which is not true, but in fact a clever deception,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;The curses and spells used in the books are actual curses and spells which when read by a human being risk conjuring evil spirits into the presence of the person reading the text.&#8221;  He also stated, &#8220;The Harry Potter books promote a Machiavellian approach to achieving the ends they desire with whatever means are necessary.&#8221;  Removed.<\/p>\n<h2>2004<\/h2>\n<p>Banned for its focus on wizardry and magic.<\/p>\n<h2>2003<\/h2>\n<p>Banned for its focus on wizardry and magic.<\/p>\n<h2>2002<\/h2>\n<p>Banned for its focus on wizardry and magic.<\/p>\n<h2>2001<\/h2>\n<p>Banned for occult\/Satanism and anti-family themes.<\/p>\n<h2>On These Pages<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>Banned<\/strong> book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.<br \/>\nA <strong>Challenged<\/strong> book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>For additional information contact<\/h2>\n<p>Ron Titus, <a href=\"mailto:titus@marshall.edu\">titus@marshall.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:304-696-6575\">304-696-6575<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Last updated<\/h2>\n<p>August 12, 2020<\/p>\n<p><!-- ** ** END RIGHT COLUMN *** *-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><!-- *** * END FULL PAGE DIV * *** --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":784,"featured_media":0,"parent":2039,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5038","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5038"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9852,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5038\/revisions\/9852"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}