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Daily devotionals exploring spiritual themes in Harry Potter, youth pastors giving sermons wearing Jedi robes, missionary groups using Bilbo's journey to share the Gospel of Christ: There is apparently a high level of interest within the Christian community to engage with popular culture. This applies in particular to fictional works dealing with the supernatural or fantastic otherworlds. The aim of this study is to show how fantasy literature can be used in modern society to articulate religious themes. The focus lies on Christian literature such as devotional books and didactic resources for ministry addressing Christian readers in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. By analysing Christian literature reflecting Harry Potter, His Dark Materials and Left Behind (works of fantasy that strongly differ in their engagement with religious themes) this thesis shows how Christian teachers, apologists, writers and speakers create biblical analogies and use (religious) archetypes to build a bridge between the narratives of popular culture, Christian tradition and the reader’s personal story. Andachtsbücher zu Harry Potter zum täglichen Gebrauch, Gottesdienste in Hogwarts-Roben oder Jedi-Gewändern: Es fällt auf, dass ein großes Interesse am Einsatz von populären Medienerzeugnissen in christlich-religiösen Kontexten besteht. Hierbei stechen vor allem erbauliche Veröffentlichungen zu Werken hervor, die wunderbare Realitätssysteme enthalten. Die vorliegende Dissertation untersucht, welche mit Religion zusammenhängenden Leistungen die populäre Fantasy-Literatur für christliche Rezipienten erfüllen kann. Im Fokus stehen dabei Publikationen für christliche Lesergruppen aus Deutschland, Großbritannien und den USA. Ausgehend von modernisierungstheoretischen, lesepsychologischen und religionssoziologischen Modellen wird am Beispiel christlicher Begleitliteratur zu Harry Potter, Left Behind und His Dark Materials herausgearbeitet, wie Fantasy-Serien, die ganz unterschiedlich in ihrer Thematisierung von Religion sind, zur Artikulation von Religion in modernen Gesellschaften aufbereitet werden.

Language --- Fantasy-Literatur --- Christentum --- Fiktion --- Harry Potter --- Religion

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Offering an alternative and a complement to existing histories of diplomacy, this book discusses change in the form of 'tipping points', which it understands as the culmination of long-term trends. The book concludes by identifying the future of diplomacy as a struggle between state-to-state based diplomacy and diplomacy as networked global governance.

Diplomacy --- Diplomacy --- History. --- Philosophy. --- consuls. --- diplomacy. --- foreign ministries. --- global governance. --- globalisation. --- harry potter. --- social evolution. --- temporality. --- tipping points. --- visuality.

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This thoroughly revised edition includes updated essays on cultural themes and literary analysis, and its new essays analyze the full scope of the seven-book series as both pop cultural phenomenon and as a set of literary texts. Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter, Second Edition draws on a wider range of intellectual traditions to explore the texts, including moral-theological analysis, psychoanalytic perspectives, and philosophy of technology. The Harry Potter novels engage the social, cultural, and psychological preoccupations of our times, and Critical Perspectives on Har

Children --- Children's stories, English --- Fantasy fiction, English --- Magic in literature. --- Potter, Harry (Fictitious character) --- Wizards in literature. --- Books and reading --- History and criticism. --- Rowling, J. K. --- Characters --- Harry Potter. --- Criticism and interpretation.

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J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series (1997-2007) has turned into a global phenomenon and her "Potterverse" is still expanding. The contributions in this volume provide a range of inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to various dimensions of this multifaceted universe. The introductory article focuses on different forms of world building in the novels, the translations, the film series and the fandom. Part I examines various potential sources for Rowling's series in folklore, the Arthurian legend and Gothic literature. Further articles focus on parallels between the "Harry Potter" series and Celtic Druidism, the impact Victorian notions of gender roles have had on the representation of the Gaunt family, the reception of (medieval and Early Modern) history in the series and the influence of Christian concepts on the world view expressed in the novels.

LITERARY CRITICISM --- European --- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. --- Rowling, J. K. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Harry Potter series (Rowling, J.K.). --- Harry Potter films --- Fantasy films --- Miscellanea --- Potter, Harry --- Criticism and interpretation --- Luolin, J. K. --- Rāoliṃ, Je. Ke. --- Raʼu-liṅ, J. K. --- Roling, Dz͡h. K. --- Roling, G'e. Ḳe --- Roliṅga, Je. Ke. --- Rouling, Dzh. K. --- Rowling, Jo --- Rowling, Joanne K. --- Rowlingová, Joanne K. --- Scamander, Newt --- Potter, Harry James --- Granger, Hermione --- Weasley, Ron --- Roling, Dz︠h︡. K. --- Роулинг, Дж. К. --- Ролинг, Дж. К. --- Ролінґ, Дж. К. --- Rouling, Dzsh. Ḳ. --- רולינג, ג׳י. קי --- רולינג, ג׳יי. קיי --- رولينج ، ج.ك --- رولينج، چ. ك. --- 罗琳, J. K. --- ראולינג, דזש. ק. --- Galbraith, Robert --- Whisp, Kennilworthy

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Why not take seriously the claim that Harry Potter's world intertwines with our own? In this timely yet otherworldly volume, more than a dozen scholars of international relations join hands to demonstrate how this well-loved artifact of popular culture reflects and shapes our own lifeworld. A wide range of historical and sociological sources shows how Harry's world contains aspects of our own. Practices such as quidditch dovetail quite clearly with 'muggle' sports, and the very British-ness of the books has, in translation into languages such as Turkish and Arabic, been transformed to reflect

Children's stories, English --- Fantasy fiction, English --- Literature and society. --- Literature --- Literature and sociology --- Society and literature --- Sociology and literature --- Sociolinguistics --- History and criticism. --- Social aspects --- Rowling, J. K. --- Potter, Harry --- Potter, Harry James --- Granger, Hermione --- Weasley, Ron --- Rowling, J.K. --- Rowling, Joanne Kathleen --- Galbraith, Robert --- Influence. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Characters --- Harry Potter. --- Potter, Harry (Personnage fictif) --- Histoires pour enfants anglais --- Roman fantastique anglais --- Littérature et société --- Histoire et critique --- Influence --- Harry Potter --- Fantasy fiction, English History and criticism --- History and criticism --- Rowling, Joanne K. --- Rowling, Jo --- Roling, G'e. Ḳe --- Rowlingová, Joanne K. --- Ролінґ, Дж. К. --- Roling, Dz︠h︡. K. --- רולינג, ג׳יי. קיי --- רולינג, ג׳י. קי --- رولينج ، ج.ك --- رولينج، چ. ك. --- Raʼu-liṅ, J. K. --- Luolin, J. K. --- 罗琳, J. K. --- Roliṅga, Je. Ke. --- Rāoliṃ, Je. Ke. --- Роулинг, Дж. К. --- Rouling, Dzh. K. --- Ролинг, Дж. К. --- Scamander, Newt --- Whisp, Kennilworthy --- Rouling, Dzsh. Ḳ. --- ראולינג, דזש. ק.