St Andrew Orthodox Christian Church at California Baptist University is holding a two day conference on Friday November 19th entitled, "Is Harry Potter Christian?"

John Granger the author of Hidden Key to Harry Potter: Understanding the Meaning, Genius, and Popularity of the Harry Potter Books (Zossima Press, 2003) and Finding God in Harry Potter (Tyndale, 2004), will debate in favor of Harry; Richard Abnes author of Harry Potter and the Bible: The Menace Behind the Magick (Horizon Books, 2001), will speak against.

Side note: This fan would like to add that having Easter and Christmas holidays plus a Christening seems to favour the 'for' argument. I would suggest that these themes feature in the books due to them being a part of popular culture in the UK rather than a holy/religious practice.

Source: The Leaky Cauldron.