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\u00a0 \u00a0 It\u2019s interesting to see this discussion of the history and nature of religious studies, and to reflect upon what the widespread (and, in some places, the rather sudden and imperious) adoption of the contemporary religious studies\/Mormon studies paradigm might portend for the Saints and the Church: \u00a0 http:\/\/fornspollfira.blogspot.com\/2015\/09\/a-brief-history-of-religious-studies.html \u00a0 Posted from Nauvoo, Illinois […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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