RELIGION AND BUSINESS ETHICS: HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE

Abstract

Andrew Greeley draws a distinction between serious literature and popular literature, and locates theological and moral insight in the latter rather than the former. An overview of modern writing leads him to conclude that, while “‘serious’ literature realizes that life is pointless and absurd…popular fiction or fairy stories…reassure their readers that there is meaning and purpose in life” (Greeley, 1988, p. 11). He readily acknowledges that this has not always been the case. However, to find “happy endings” revealing “paradigms of meaning” and hopeful, encouraging answers to the important questions of life the contemporary reader turns to popular literature (Greeley, 1988, p. 11).

Citation

Primeaux, P. and Vega, G. (2003), "RELIGION AND BUSINESS ETHICS: HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE", Pava, M.L. and Primeaux, P. (Ed.) Spiritual Intelligence at Work: Meaning, Metaphor, and Morals (Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, Vol. 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 95-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1529-2096(03)05006-5