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The above photo came to me via Craig Hurle on Facebook. I am pretty sure that it is probably just a matter of religion books being in the next aisle over. But given my overlapping and intersecting interests, the photo still seemed worth sharing. And perhaps it is worth discussion in a more serious way \u2013 is there anything particularly appropriate or inappropriate about the placement?<\/p>\n

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The above photo came to me via Craig Hurle on Facebook. I am pretty sure that it is probably just a matter of religion books being in the next aisle over. But given my overlapping and intersecting interests, the photo still seemed worth sharing. And perhaps it is worth discussion in a more serious way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,80,86],"tags":[1315,3359,10169,10890],"class_list":["post-11019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-religion","category-science-fiction","tag-bookstore","tag-fantasy","tag-religion","tag-science-fiction"],"yoast_head":"\nSci-Fi and Fantasy in the Religion Aisle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The above photo came to me via Craig Hurle on Facebook. 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