Reconfiguring a theological-spiritual vocabulary about death: Mysticism, “magic” and the case of Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore
Even to the most casual reader, J.K. Rowling’s overarching story about the “Boy who lived” is about death. Since the publication of the first book of the Harry Potter series in 1997, theologians and scholars of philosophy of religion have explored this theme within the story, as well as other escha...
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| Main Author: | T. van Wyk |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of the Free State
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Acta Theologica |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/8946 |
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