Catherine's Contribution

Great links on Catherine's website. Lists of top ten challenged reading lists. Interesting to compare different groups of readers' perspectives. Homosexuality, masturbation, gender roles, cross-cultural adoption, challenges to authority. Interesting lists of "offenses." Rowling is #4 on ALA list. Critical thinking skills. How can you use them if they are censored. Range of perspectives among Christian websites observed. Emphasis on the struggle mentioned on 194. 195. Fear about evil, fear about internet (on the part of Christian extremists, parents). Discernment seemed like a good response to Amanda. Christian traditions reflected in HP books; might be useful to strengthen one's beliefs. Sentence that bridges 194-195. Hyperbolic, but provocative. Last question: is portrayal of evil a focus because it's antiauthoritarian?