{"id":132,"date":"2004-03-02T00:06:00","date_gmt":"2004-03-02T00:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=132"},"modified":"2004-03-02T00:06:00","modified_gmt":"2004-03-02T00:06:00","slug":"132","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=132","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Nature religions in Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nature religions are growing fast, according to this article<\/a> from the Christian Research Association. <\/p>\n

Consider the alternative<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nature religions in Australia Nature religions are growing fast, according to this article from the Christian Research Association. Consider the alternative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-132","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13560,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13560","url_meta":{"origin":132,"position":0},"title":"Helen Cornish on Witchcraft Drumming and Chanting","author":"Chas S. 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It quotes Haitian President Aristide as saying, \"An ancestral religion, voodoo is an essential part of national identity.\"Priests and priestesses are now asked to register with the Ministry of Religious Affairs, which will allow them to conduct\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Paganism\"","block_context":{"text":"Paganism","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=paganism"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1295,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1295","url_meta":{"origin":132,"position":3},"title":"Nature Religion at the Air Force Academy","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"January 27, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Air Force Academy chapel will add a worship area for followers of Earth-centered religions during a dedication ceremony scheduled to be held at the circle March 10.Gus diZerega notes it too.Considering some of the previous church-and-state issues at the academy, this is major news.Hmm. I might be able to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"American religion\"","block_context":{"text":"American religion","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=american-religion"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1442,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1442","url_meta":{"origin":132,"position":4},"title":"Journal on New Religious Movements Seeks Submissions","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"March 24, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Call for Papers and Invitation to Subscribe: The International Journal for the Study of New Religions, published by Equinox in association with the International Society for the Study of New Religions (Sweden), is a new, international vehicle for publishing theoretical and empirically-based studies in the field of new religions. International\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"scholarship\"","block_context":{"text":"scholarship","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=scholarship"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1272,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1272","url_meta":{"origin":132,"position":5},"title":"Creeping Pantheism","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"December 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Highbrow journalist Ross Douthat is bothered by creeping pantheism.In a recent New York Times piece, he calls pantheism \"Hollywood's religion of choice.\"The \"news hook\" for his column is the new movie Avatar, which repeats the Pocahantas story once again. 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