The lived theology of the Harry Potter series

Apostolides, Anastasia; Meylahn, Johann-Albrecht

dc.contributor.author	Apostolides, Anastasia
dc.contributor.author	Meylahn, Johann-Albrecht
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-10T13:07:01Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-10T13:07:01Z
dc.date.issued	2014-11-20
dc.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)	en_ZA
dc.description.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.	en_ZA
dc.description.librarian	am2015	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	http://www.hts.org.za	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44336	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Apostolides, A. & Meylahn, J-A., 2014, ‘The lived theology of the Harry Potter series', HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 70(1), Art. #2713, 6 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v70i1.2713	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	2078-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.4102/hts.v70i1.2713
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45448
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	OpenJournals Publishing	en_ZA
dc.rights	© 2014. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.	en_ZA
dc.subject	Adolescents	en_ZA
dc.subject	Lived theology	en_ZA
dc.subject	Lived religion	en_ZA
dc.subject	Practical theology	en_ZA
dc.subject	Harry Potter series	en_ZA
dc.subject	Spiritual formation	en_ZA
dc.subject	Spiritual identity	en_ZA
dc.title	The lived theology of the Harry Potter series	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA