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Thanks to Rod at Political Jesus<\/a> for pointing out that there will be a conference in July about science fiction and fantasy, held under the auspices of the Orthodox Church in America<\/a>. It is called Doxacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s something very cool about a sci-fi and fantasy conference which features Vespers and other elements of divine liturgy<\/a>!<\/p>\n

John Morehead drew my attention to an article in Wired<\/em> about the latest episode and its treatment of religion<\/a>. And Gail Dawson made me aware that Anglotopia is looking for people to blog about Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of images with quotes from \u201cThe Rings of Akhaten\u201d:<\/p>\n

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