{"id":18188,"date":"2013-10-11T07:22:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T11:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=18188"},"modified":"2013-10-11T07:22:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T11:22:39","slug":"religion-and-doctor-who-synchroblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/10\/religion-and-doctor-who-synchroblog.html","title":{"rendered":"Religion and Doctor Who Synchroblog"},"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><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2013\/10\/Dr-Who-religious-programi.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-18199\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2013\/10\/Dr-Who-religious-programi-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\"><\/a>I am proposing that, on November 2nd, the day that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/10\/religion-and-doctor-who-day-poster.html#comment-1075563299\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">a conference on Religion and Doctor Who<\/a> is being held at the <a href=\"http:\/\/events.manchester.ac.uk\/event\/event:r67-hl8afkne-jf0yy4\/religion-and-doctor-who-day\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">University of Manchester<\/a>, we organize a synchroblog on the topic. For a blog like mine, it may just be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/09\/religion-and-doctor-who-day.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">business as usual<\/a>. But hopefully blogs that regularly cover <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/doctorwho\/confidential\/index9.shtml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Doctor Who<\/a> but rarely touch on <a href=\"http:\/\/tardis.wikia.com\/wiki\/Religion\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">religion<\/a>, blogs that regularly focus on religion but rarely on <a href=\"http:\/\/recoveringagnostic.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/03\/10-things-doctor-who-taught-me-about-religion\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Doctor Who<\/a>, and blogs which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/blog\/how-dr.-who-became-my-religion\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">normally<\/a> cover neither but whose author(s) are interested in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/arts\/gallery\/idea-channel-season1\/idea-channel-doctorwho\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">intersection<\/a> of these two topics, can all join in.<\/p>\n<p>Please spread the word, and please participate!<\/p>\n<p>If you need some food for thought, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kasterborous.com\/2013\/09\/religion-and-doctor-who-day\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">explore<\/a> some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/thejesuitpost.org\/site\/2013\/07\/doctor-who-as-religion\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">links<\/a> in this post, as well as posts on this blog on the topic. And of course, there\u2019s always this\u2026<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Is Doctor Who a Religion? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Csjr8bXvPw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2013\/10\/Dr-Who-religion-homeonthestrange.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18200\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/files\/2013\/10\/Dr-Who-religion-homeonthestrange.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"281\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am proposing that, on November 2nd, the day that a conference on Religion and Doctor Who is being held at the University of Manchester, we organize a synchroblog on the topic. 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