{"id":1078,"date":"2014-01-30T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/publicreligion.org\/?p=17344"},"modified":"2014-01-30T05:00:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T12:00:52","slug":"is-the-super-bowl-a-quasi-religious-festival-for-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publicreligion\/2014\/01\/is-the-super-bowl-a-quasi-religious-festival-for-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Super Bowl a \u201cQuasi-Religious Festival\u201d for Americans?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Today\u2019s Buzz covers average wait times to see a doctor, the use of the phrase \u201cGod bless America,\u201d and Pope Francis\u2019s \u201cgentle 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