In talking about the 1965 film “The Sound of Music,” Zach Jansen, the digital content producer for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, said he believes it resonates with audiences today ...

Most of the themes in Harry's saga are common to many faiths: loyalty, love, friendship, courage, maturity, sacrifice, moral judgment. Ditto for many of the symbols laced through the books.

And as a Christian, he enjoys finding parallels in the movies and comics with the basic themes of his faith. “The thing I liked about Superman was that he had overwhelming power, but he chose to ...

Brown, professor of English at Asbury University in Wilmore, Ky., explores that theme in The Christian World of the Hobbit (Abingdon Press, $14.99).

It's a lot harder to find Christian themes in Tolkien's work than in the writings of his friend C.S. Lewis, who used Christian allegory in his stories, but they are there, says Tolkien scholar ...

(Spoiler alert: If you want to avoid learning anything significant about “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” finish the book before you read this column.) ...