{"id":845,"date":"2007-03-30T22:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-30T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=845"},"modified":"2007-03-30T22:54:00","modified_gmt":"2007-03-30T22:54:00","slug":"polytheism-at-the-new-stateman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=845","title":{"rendered":"Polytheism at The New Stateman"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Statesman<\/em><\/a>, a British news magazine, has been offering polytheists a platform in its online religion column:<\/p>\n

A Blackboard Epiphany in Ancient Delphi<\/a> (March 19)<\/p>\n

The Ancient Gods of Greece Are Not Extinct<\/a> (March 20)<\/p>\n

A Liberal Religion<\/a> (March 21)<\/p>\n

Worshipping the Ancient Greek Gods<\/a> (March 22)<\/p>\n

How Did I Become a Druid?”<\/a> (March 26)<\/p>\n

Worshipping the Sun of God<\/a> (March 27)<\/p>\n

A Brief History of Druidry<\/a> (March 28)<\/p>\n

How Being a Druid Affects my Life<\/a> (March 29).<\/p>\n

Collect the whole set. (Via Tropaion<\/a>, a blog on Neo-Hellenic religion.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New Statesman, a British news magazine, has been offering polytheists a platform in its online religion column: A Blackboard Epiphany in Ancient Delphi (March 19) The Ancient Gods of Greece Are Not Extinct (March 20) A Liberal Religion (March 21) Worshipping the Ancient Greek Gods (March 22) How Did I Become a Druid?” (March […]<\/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":[],"tags":[5,40],"class_list":["post-845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-paganism","tag-polytheism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-dD","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4508,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4508","url_meta":{"origin":845,"position":0},"title":"Call for Submissions: Preternature","author":"Chas S. 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