Abstract:
This article will argue that the recent turn towards lived theology or religion in practical
theology can offer a useful hermeneutic to interpret the impact of the Harry Potter series on
the spiritual formation and identity creation of adolescents. In practical theology there has
been a turn towards lived theology or religion as lived religion has moved out of institutions
into social–cultural phenomena as people seek to find meaning and purpose for their lives in
alternative places to institutionalised religion.
Description:
This article is based on
the PhD dissertation ‘Kids
seeking alternative identity
and spirituality through the
live theology glimpsed in
the Harry Potter series’. This
dissertation, with Professor
Johann-Albrecht Meylahn
as supervisor was submitted
on 24 April 2014 as part of
the requirements of the
PhD degree, Department of
Practical Theology, Faculty
of Theology, University of
Pretoria for examination. (http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44336)
