Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds

This revised edition offers a compelling exploration of literary censorship driven by religious objections, profiling essential works that have faced bans and challenges. The book provides extensive coverage of modern controversies, including the frequent banning of the Harry Potter series for allegedly promoting witchcraft. It also examines textbook series, Roald Dahl's The Witches, and Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran, alongside updated entries on works like The Satanic Verses, creating a comprehensive survey of religious censorship across different cultures and time periods.

What makes this collection particularly valuable is its balanced approach to documenting these suppression cases without polemics, allowing readers to understand the motivations behind religious challenges while appreciating the threatened literature's significance. Students of intellectual freedom, religious studies, and literary history will find this an indispensable resource for understanding how faith-based objections have shaped access to literature globally. The book's thorough documentation serves as both a warning about censorship's enduring power and a celebration of the works that have endured despite suppression.