{"id":1863,"date":"2010-10-14T20:59:52","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T02:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1863"},"modified":"2010-10-14T20:59:52","modified_gmt":"2010-10-15T02:59:52","slug":"the-unprintable-life-of-ida-c-craddock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1863","title":{"rendered":"“The Unprintable Life of Ida C. Craddock”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new biography of Ida C. Craddock, late 19th-century practitioner of esoteric religion and “sexologist,” discussed at the Religion in American History<\/em> blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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