Banned or Challenged on Religious Grounds
The following entries represent a sample of books that have been challenged or banned for religious reasons. Book censorship in the Western culture can be traced all the way back to the beginnings of Christianity and examples of book censorship by the Church include the burning of books during the Council of Ephesus and the establishment of a forbidden book list by the Pope in the fifth century (Karolides, Bald, and Sova, 1999.)
Click on each book to learn more about it and where you can find it at HPU Libraries.
For more information on the history of Church censorship, as well as these and other banned books, please read "100 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature". or "Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds."
On the Origin of Species: by means of natural selection by Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINEISBN: 9781775415374Publication Date: 2009-06-01
The Satanic Verses by Call Number: 3rd Floor - General Collection (800-899) 823.914 R89sa 1989ISBN: 9780670825370Publication Date: 1989-02-22
The Advancement of Learning by Call Number: AVAILABLE ONLINEISBN: 9781775418726Publication Date: 2010-08-01
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by Call Number: School of Education Juvenile Collection J R79so2 2015ISBN: 9780545790352Publication Date: 2015-10-06
Reference:
Karolides, N. J., Bald, M., & Sova, D. B. (1999). 100 Banned books : censorship histories of world literature. Checkmark Books.