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The Role Of Harry Potter In Religion

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The first source that will be used is, “The Lives Theology of the Harry Potter Series,” by Anastasia Apostolides and Jognn-Alberchet Meylahn, this source looks at how this generation uses ‘Harry Potter” and other fantasy series in religion, this can help to see how people intrepid the use of “magic” in the modern day, as well as showing how the Catholic Church interprets these writings. The secant source will be “Pop goes Religion; Harry Potter meets Clifford Geertz,” by Iver B. Neumann, this article shows how “Harry Potter” uses and is related to witch craft in early modern Europe, this will show which aspects of the books are drawn from history and which are purely made up. Thirdly is “Is Harry Potter Christian?” Author Dan McVeigh, which

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