A Charmed Life (by Francis Bridger)

I don’t remember where I found the book ‘A Charmed Life’ by Francis Bridger, back in 2006. But I do remember being intrigued by the idea that a Christian academic would write a book about the spirituality contained in the Harry Potter series. The book was written at a time when only the first four books had been published although when I read it, all except the last one were out, and I had read all six.

The author wrote the book as a kind of defence against the extreme reactions against the Harr...