Question:
What religion do wizards follow in Harry Potter ?
anonymous
2013-08-09 05:55:08 UTC
I know that Harry Potter has nothing to do with Wicca and all but I wanted to know what religion do wizards follow, especially pure-blood families like Malfoys. Do they normally believe in Christ just like everyone else or they have different beliefs ?
Eighteen answers:
sissyj
2013-08-09 12:03:12 UTC
I doubt that all wizards and witches follow a religion (like not all muggles follow religion). However, I think, based on evidence in the 7th book, that the marauders and Dumbledore's family were Christians. James and Lily and Dumbledore's family were all buried in the same graveyard. The graveyard was connected to a church, which often didn't allow non-members to be buried in its cemetary. It is possible that James and Lily attended the services before they had to go into hiding, but were still considered to be members of the church. Sirius Black was also made to be Harry's godfather, which is a religious ceremony. Harry was most likely also baptized in that church.



James, Lily, and the Dumbledores have biblical verses written on their tombstones. Kendra and Ariana had the verse "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" from Matthew 6:21. James and Lily had "The last enemy that shall be destroyed id death" from 1 Corinthians 5:26.



It is possible that Hermione herself had biblical background. She was able to tell Harry what the biblical verse on his parents' tombstone meant. She told him that it meant life after death, instead of it being a Death Eater idea that Harry thought it was.



I doubt that certain witches and wizards attend church or any other religious celebration, since it may seem to be too muggle to believe that there is someone more powerful than them. Those people being certain pure-bloods, like the Malfoys, Blacks (with the exception of Sirius), and other pure-blood supramists. I also doubt that the Dursleys attend church. Outside of the evidence that the Dursley's were able to run around the country trying to avoid owls who were trying to deliver their letters to Harry on a sunday (the traditional day of religious celebration), the Dursley's were against anything that seemed judgmental against them. It is possible that they did attend church (to keep up a public image). However, the members of the church may have liked Harry better than Dudley, since Dudley may have been a bit of a bully to the other children.



So, while the series didn't openly state that some witches and wizards were Christians or had any form of religion, they did give indirect evidence (biblical verses) that some wizards and witches were indeed members of religious groups and were open members of different churches and other religious organizations. The series itself offers themes of sacrificial love, good conquering evil, and other such themes.
?
2013-08-12 00:51:23 UTC
There's no religion at all in the Harry Potter books. J.K probably excluded it on purpose, because even where the language would normally be religious (like "Oh my God!") they tend to replace it with silly swears and "Merlin". It makes sense that she'd try to avoid any conflict between religion and witchcraft, and if she made the wizards a particular religion it would limit the variety of cultures and religions of the children who read her books.



One thing that does seem Christian is that they are shown celebrating Christmas, as well as the godfather link between Sirius and Harry. They are implied to be Christian, but it's never explicitly shown.



Personally I'd say they don't have any religious beliefs at all. I always thought that the Christmas celebration was just because of popular culture, and the christian links to the Potter family were because Lily was a muggle. Either way, there's enough there that you can decide whichever way pleases you.



(I don't think "believe in Christ just like everyone else" is a correct statement though)
Denku
2013-08-10 06:02:18 UTC
I think maybe Aunt Petunia grew up in a religious Christen family. When her sister received the letter from Hogwarts, her parents accepted her, while Petunia thought of her as a freak because of what the bible says about magic. Perhaps partly because of her religious beliefs, she never got used to the idea.

That might explain why she and Vernon tried to squash Harry's magic abilities. Maybe she was trying to protect her family's souls.
Raatz
2013-08-09 06:02:11 UTC
There's no noted religion in the Harry Potter books. Muggle or Wizards.
anonymous
2013-08-09 12:30:13 UTC
http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=3251&chapno=1



This is just a speculation essay about the students in Harry's year, but part of the essay covers religion (partly) and how each student would be different. One is Hindu (the Patil twins) some follow the Church of England etc. Hope this helps!
Ethan
2013-08-09 08:06:44 UTC
There is no explicit mention of a particular religion which the wizards follow, however, Rowling does incorporate Christian "undertones" into the series eg. they celebrate Christmas. Hope this helped.
Cordessa
2013-08-09 06:56:01 UTC
In the books and movies they celebrate Christmas, but there is no religion or any church like comments made. This is probably so not to offend anyone and to keep the variety of the readers/viewers open.
?
2013-08-09 11:17:26 UTC
There is no reference to religion, just as in many books families go about their business and the author does not go out of his/her way to describe their religion. About the closest they come to mentioning religion is that they celebrate Christmas,
anonymous
2013-08-09 06:07:23 UTC
There are no references to religion, but I'm sure it's a mixed bag like it is with muggles. Christian, Jewish, Atheist, etc. However, I find it funny that instead of saying, "Oh, God" they will typically say, "Oh, Merlin". As in the world's most powerful wizard.
Steven J Pemberton
2013-08-09 06:01:48 UTC
Wizards celebrate Christmas and give one another presents, but there are no references to any religion, or any indication that they believe in the existence of any power or authority higher than themselves.
anonymous
2016-12-14 12:30:59 UTC
i think of there are Christian values. Like "the in simple terms right of those is love" interior the bible and the way Voldemort isn't waiting to kill Harry with the aid of fact of love. there is likewise the party of Christmas. confident, there is witchcraft and all of that in spite of the fact that if this is attainable to make certain some Christian values and ideology jumbled jointly there.
Robert
2013-08-09 18:14:04 UTC
Wicca would be the best fit for them. Halloween is a major holiday for them.
?
2013-08-12 23:21:51 UTC
hogwarts...& the other schools (beaxbatons/eton/durmstang/et al) are 'multi-religious' based.



there is every faith in hogwarts from hindu to jewish.



dumbledore & the potters have actual bible verses on their graves & were buried in the a cemetary connected to a church...though we're not shown/told what church it is.
anonymous
2013-08-09 06:28:39 UTC
I think jk Rowling didn't use a particular religion so that if somebody felt strong about their god that they could read it and not think why r they Christian or Jews etc
anonymous
2013-08-11 11:19:56 UTC
It's potterism.
Steve the Pizzaman
2013-08-10 08:20:05 UTC
Well, since they celebrate Christmas every year, that should give you an idea.
anonymous
2013-08-11 00:09:07 UTC
they follow christianity
anonymous
2013-08-09 06:22:01 UTC
Its zombieism


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