Read a March 4, 2003, WorldNetDaily article about a minister’s comparison of Harry Potter to Jesus.

The year 2004 was the first in five years that Harry Potter did not appear on the list of 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books. See the American Library Association’s list of challenged books and background information.

Read a June 19, 2003, Christianity Today Web blog titled arguing that the majority of evangelical Christians do not have a problem with the Harry Potter series.

Read a July 15, 2009, media release about Witch School’s booklet comparing Harry Potter with “real witches.”

Read a Oct. 5, 2005, media release arguing that the Harry Potter books series pits sorcery against traditional Judeo-Christian values.

Pope Benedict has said the Harry Potter books “erode Christianity in the soul” of young people according to a July 15, 2005, Manchester Evening News article.

Read an April 15, 2013, article from Slate arguing in favor of legalizing polygamy as the fight for gay marriage advances.

Robert L. Brown is a professor of art history at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has written about Buddhism, asceticism, health and the body.

Jill Dubisch is a professor of anthropology at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. She has written about religious aspects of the health food movement in a journal about magic, witchcraft and the supernatural.