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Book 7, Ep. 5 | Resurrection with Matt Potts

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The Christian Tradition Loses Its Nervousness

"I think we've got to start with the hot ticket, right? Like, when we were talking about resurrection, you said that you didn't think that Harry should have come back to life. And therefore you're crying," he says. "That's because it has this figure which it's telling us all through the gospel of Mark, this is the Messiah and then he dies and the tomb is empty." But if the Messiah came and then left and now it's on you, 'that's a different task than wait till he comes back again,' she adds. "'Harry Potter' does undeniably fail in its narrative nerve in that final moment,'" writes Hennyspace editor-in

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