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Jim Linville has posted<\/a> an announcement about an upcoming conference for students to be held at the University of Lethbridge<\/a>. There is also an abstract of the keynote speaker\u2019s presentation, which explains the reasons why people study, and ought to study, religion.<\/div>\n
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Jim Linville has posted an announcement about an upcoming conference for students to be held at the University of Lethbridge. There is also an abstract of the keynote speaker\u2019s presentation, which explains the reasons why people study, and ought to study, religion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nStudent Conference (Why Study Religious Studies?)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jim Linville has posted an announcement about an upcoming conference for students to be held at the University of Lethbridge. 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