{"id":1244,"date":"2009-10-31T03:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T03:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2009-10-31T03:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T03:21:00","slug":"contemporary-pagan-studies-in-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1244","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Pagan Studies in the New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming sessions of the Contemporary Pagan Studies Group at the American Academy of Religion&#8217;s annual meeting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/31\/us\/31religion.html\">are mentioned in the New York Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of us have been joking about &#8220;the I-word&#8221; (idolatry). I wondered if that would catch some journalist&#8217;s interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming sessions of the Contemporary Pagan Studies Group at the American Academy of Religion&#8217;s annual meeting are mentioned in the New York Times. Some of us have been joking about &#8220;the I-word&#8221; (idolatry). 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