dumbledore died in book 7 of harry potter.
dumbledore died in book 7 of harry potter.
who dies in book 7 of harry potter?
dumbledore
another response to the claim that the books promote the religion of witchcraft, which has been raised as much by christians critical of the books as those who support them, is that, far from promoting religion, the books do not promote religion in any way. apart from celebrating christmas and easter and a non-denominational clergyman presiding at both dumbledore's funeral and the weasleys' wedding, religious practices are largely absent from the books. in her critical editorial on the books, focus on the family's lindy beam comments, "the spiritual fault of "harry potter" is not so much that rowling is playing to dark supernatural powers, but that she doesn't acknowledge any supernatural powers at all. these stories are not fueled by witchcraft, but by secularism." the "harry potter" books have been lauded by atheists and secularists for their determinedly non-religious outlook. mika lavaque-manty of the liberal website left2right notes, "religion plays no role in the books. there are no churches, no other religious institutions, nobody prays or meditates, and even funerals are non-religious affairs." when considering the role of religion within "harry potter and the deathly hallows", christopher hitchens observed the apparent secularism in the novel, stating that the characters of harry and hermione possess certain moral virtues while also expressing an ignorance of christian ideas. in an article written for "time" magazine before the publication of the seventh and final book in the series entitled "who dies in harry potter? god," lev grossman argues that, "harry potter lives in a world free of any religion or spirituality of any kind. he lives surrounded by ghosts but has no one to pray to, even if he were so inclined, which he isn't." grossman goes on to contrast "harry potter" with other, more explicitly religious fantasies, such as c. s. lewis' "the chronicles of narnia" and j. r. r. tolkien's "the lord of the rings".
religious debates over the harry potter series
bullet::::- in the "doctor who" episode "the shakespeare code", the doctor and martha jones talk about witches and refer to the book saga, she says: "it's all a bit harry potter" which the doctor replies saying that he already read 'book 7' and that he cried at the end (the episode aired 3 months before the book release and at the time they didn't know the name of the book, that's why it is referred as 'book 7'). at the end of the episode william shakespeare and martha jones use the ancient word "expelliarmus" (a harry potter spell) to banish the carrionites; because of the success of banishing the carrionites, the doctor shouts: "good old j.k.!". there are also some small references in the episode about david tennant who plays the doctor and before played barty crouch jr. in the fourth harry potter movie.
parodies of harry potter