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$\"Episcop-aliens\"$ <\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t resist sharing this meme,\u00a0falling as it does at the intersection of religion and science fiction.<\/p>\n

I would also like to seize this opportunity to thank Episcopalians for their efforts on behalf of aliens in the terrestrial sense \u2013 refugees and immigrants. And I should mention as well that in my book Theology and Science Fiction<\/a><\/em>, I explore a neglected intersection of\u00a0the Bible and science fiction: reading the Bible\u2019s mentions of \u201caliens\u201d in a science fictional sense. I had no idea when I wrote the book that the subjects of refugees and immigrants would be to the fore in the way that it is\u2026<\/p>\n

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