Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional boarding school of magic for students aged eleven to eighteen,and is the primary setting for the first six books in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and serves as a major setting in the Wizarding World universe.
In J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series,magic is depicted as a supernatural force that can be used to override the usual laws of nature. Many fictional magical creatures exist in the series,while ordinary creatures also sometimes exhibit magical properties. Magical objects are also described. Witches and wizards refer to the rest of the population,who are generally unaware of magic,as "Muggles" in the United Kingdom and "No-Maj" in the United States.
Dumbledore's Army is a fictional student organisation in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series that is founded by the main characters,Harry Potter,Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger,to stand up against the regime of Hogwarts High Inquisitor Dolores Umbridge,as well as to learn practical Defence Against the Dark Arts. It was founded in the fifth book,Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Miroslav Volf is a Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual and Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology and director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale University. He previously taught at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in his native Osijek,Croatia and Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena,California (1990–1998).
The following is a list of Hogwarts staff in the Harry Potter books written by J. K. Rowling.
John Granger is a speaker and writer whose principal focus is the intersection of literature,faith,and culture. He is most well known as the author of several books analysing J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels. He writes a weblog called Hogwarts Professor.'
Candler School of Theology is one of seven graduate schools at Emory University,located in metropolitan Atlanta,Georgia. A university-based school of theology,Candler educates ministers,scholars of religion and other leaders. It is also one of 13 seminaries affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard,Harry Potter,and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley,all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's conflict with Lord Voldemort,a dark wizard who intends to become immortal,overthrow the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic,and subjugate all wizards and Muggles.
Yale Divinity School (YDS) is one of the twelve graduate and professional schools of Yale University in New Haven,Connecticut.
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale,founded in 1854,is a seminary of The Episcopal Church in New Haven,Connecticut. Along with Andover Newton Theological School and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music,Berkeley is one of the three "Partners on the Quad," which are part of Yale Divinity School at Yale University. Thus,Berkeley operates as a denominational seminary within an ecumenical divinity school. Berkeley has historically represented a Broad church orientation among Anglican seminaries in the country,and was the fourth independent seminary to be founded,after General Theological Seminary (1817),Virginia Theological Seminary (1823),and Nashotah House (1842). Berkeley's institutional antecedents began at Trinity College,Hartford in 1849. The institution was formally chartered in Middletown,Connecticut in 1854,moved to New Haven in 1928,and amalgamated with Yale in 1971.
Religious debates over the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling are based on claims that the novels contain occult or Satanic subtexts. A number of Protestant,Catholic,and Eastern Orthodox Christians have argued against the series,as have some Muslims. Supporters of the series have said that the magic in Harry Potter bears little resemblance to occultism,being more in the vein of fairy tales such as Cinderella and Snow White,or to the works of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien,both of whom are known for writing fantasy novels with Christian subtexts. Far from promoting a particular religion,some argue,the Harry Potter novels go out of their way to avoid discussing religion at all. However,the author of the series,J. K. Rowling,describes herself as a Christian,and many have noted the Christian references which she includes in the final novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Barbara Brown Taylor is an American Episcopal priest,academic,and author. In 2014,Time magazine placed her in its annual Time 100 list of most influential people in the world.
Pamela Cooper-White is the Christiane Brooks Johnson Professor Emerita and Dean Emerita of Psychology and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York.
Mary Elizabeth (Mullino) Moore is an educator,writer,and former dean of the Boston University School of Theology in Boston,Massachusetts. She has also been a professor of religion and education at the Claremont School of Theology,as well as Emory University,where she served as the director of the Women in Theology and Ministry Program. Moore has written on topics of socio-economic justice,and socio-ecological renewal,and throughout her career has significantly contributed to the dialogue between theology and education.
Jeffery Tribble is an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and a professor of ministry with research interests in Practical Theology,Congregational Studies and Leadership,Ethnography,Evangelism and Church Planting,Black Church Studies,and Urban Church Ministry. Academics and professionals in these fields consider him a renowned thought leader. Tribble's experience in pastoral ministry allows for his work to bridge the gap between academic research and practical church leadership.
Kwok Pui-lan is a Hong Kong-born feminist theologian known for her work on Asian feminist theology and postcolonial theology.
E. Brooks Holifield is an American religious historian and the Charles Howard Candler Professor Emeritus of American Church History at Emory University's Candler School of Theology,where he taught until his retirement in 2011. He has been called "a giant among historians of religion."
Professor Minerva McGonagall is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Professor McGonagall is a professor at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry,the head of Gryffindor House,the professor of Transfiguration,the Deputy Headmistress under Albus Dumbledore and a member of the Order of the Phoenix. Following Lord Voldemort's defeat at the hands of her student Harry Potter and the deaths of Headmasters Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape,McGonagall takes the position of Headmistress. McGonagall was originally portrayed in the film adaptations by actress Maggie Smith,and later by Fiona Glascott in the Fantastic Beasts prequel films The Crimes of Grindelwald and The Secrets of Dumbledore.
Dolores Jane Umbridge is a fictional character from the Harry Potter series created by J.K. Rowling. Umbridge is the secondary antagonist of the fifth novel,Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, where she has been stationed at Hogwarts by the Ministry of Magic to take power away from Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore,who have both been informing the Wizarding World of Lord Voldemort's return.
Teresa Elaine Jefferson-Snorton is an American bishop in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. She became the first woman to be elevated to the episcopate in her denomination,when she was elected as the 59th CME bishop in 2010. From 2011 to 2022 she was the presiding bishop for the fifth episcopal district,which has oversight of CME churches in Alabama and Florida. In 2022 she was appointed as the church’s ecumenical and development officer. She is the ecumenical officer and the endorsing agent for the CME church. She also serves as the president of Churches Uniting in Christ,and on the steering committee for the World Methodist Council.
