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This is, of course, one of the major focuses of my chapter \u201cRobots, Rights, and Religion\u201d<\/a> in the volume Religion and Science Fiction<\/a> $\"\"$ <\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"