{"id":4946,"date":"2011-12-09T00:02:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T05:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=4946"},"modified":"2011-12-09T00:02:55","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T05:02:55","slug":"how-to-get-me-a-christmas-present-that-costs-you-nothing-and-that-others-can-enjoy-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/12\/how-to-get-me-a-christmas-present-that-costs-you-nothing-and-that-others-can-enjoy-too.html","title":{"rendered":"How To Get Me A Christmas Present That Costs You Nothing And That Others Can Enjoy Too!"},"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=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/160899886X\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=160899886X\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;Format=_SL110_&amp;ASIN=160899886X&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"69\" height=\"110\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=160899886X\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/160899886X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=160899886X\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">If you\u2019ve ever thought that maybe it would be nice to give a Christmas present to a blogger whose blog you read regularly, then here\u2019s a suggestion for a \u201cpresent\u201d you can get me that won\u2019t cost you anything but a few moments of your time.<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=160899886X\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Go to your local university or public library\u2019s web site and see how one submits recommendations for new books the library should acquire. Most will have a form that can be filled in, but some will have an e-mail address for you to send suggestions to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wipfandstock.com\/store\/Religion_and_Science_Fiction\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ask them to order <em>Religion and Science Fiction<\/em> edited by James F. McGrath and published by Pickwick Publications (an imprint of Wipf and Stock) in 2011<\/a>. The ISBN numbers are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 160899886X<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-1608998869<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can just copy and paste the information from here to the form or e-mail. <a href=\"https:\/\/wipfandstock.com\/store\/Religion_and_Science_Fiction\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">And you might be able to just give them this link to the publisher\u2019s web site: \u00a0https:\/\/wipfandstock.com\/store\/Religion_and_Science_Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The book will then sell more copies, which will be your Christmas present to me. It will be in libraries, where more people can read it, which will be your Christmas present to them.<\/p>\n<p>And you will feel just that little bit more Christmassy. So everyone wins!<\/p>\n<p>And of course, if you celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Newtonmas, all of the above applies equally well!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever thought that maybe it would be nice to give a Christmas present to a blogger whose blog you read regularly, then here\u2019s a suggestion for a \u201cpresent\u201d you can get me that won\u2019t cost you anything but a few moments of your time. 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