{"id":2333,"date":"2011-02-05T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2333"},"modified":"2011-02-04T20:23:03","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T03:23:03","slug":"gallimaufry-in-eden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2333","title":{"rendered":"Gallimaufry in Eden"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2022 At the Religion in American History<\/em> blog: What Puritans, Shakers, beer, and running shoes have in common<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Is The Decembrists’<\/a> The King is Dead <\/em>their most Pagan-friendly album? Laura at The Juggler <\/em>thinks so.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 It is true that religion scholars go on and on about “the sacred.” So why is “the paranormal” not given equivalent attention<\/a>?<\/p>\n

\u2022 If I did not have the Interwebz available for checking, I would never have thought that these were actual book titles<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2022 At the Religion in American History blog: What Puritans, Shakers, beer, and running shoes have in common. \u2022 Is The Decembrists’ The King is Dead their most Pagan-friendly album? Laura at The Juggler thinks so. \u2022 It is true that religion scholars go on and on about “the sacred.” So why is “the paranormal” […]<\/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":[10,34,7],"class_list":["post-2333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-american-religion","tag-music","tag-publishing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-BD","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5325,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5325","url_meta":{"origin":2333,"position":0},"title":"Sarah Pike on Witchcraft and American Religion","author":"Chas S. 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