Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

Faith: The House-Elf Liberation Front (Book 4, Chapter 21)

Vanessa and Casper explore the theme of "faith" in chapter twenty-one of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." This week we discuss Vanessa's first celebrity crush, the separation of church and state in the US, and the internalized oppression of house-elves. Our question this week is: What does faith look like when it's not religious? 
Next week we're reading chapter twenty-two, The Unexpected Task, through the theme of Happiness. Thanks this week to Austin Bucholtz for our voicemail. 
We have officially launched our <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/harry-potter-and-the-sacred-text-2018-crowdfunder#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fundraiser</a>. If you can, please support us so we can read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix!

It’s the English class you didn't know you missed and the meaningful conversations you didn't know you craved. Join Vanessa Zoltan and Casper ter Kuile as they bring thought, reflection and laughter to Harry Potter; not just as novels, but as instructive and inspirational texts that will teach us about our own lives. Relive the magic chapter by chapter as they explore themes such as commitment, revenge and forgiveness. This podcast creates time in your week to think about life’s big questions. Because reading fiction doesn’t just help us escape the world, it helps us live in it.