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Jim Linville has shared a poster from the upcoming Research in Religious Studies Conference that the University of Lethbridge is hosting in early May<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I wonder whether the attendees will be mostly people indifferent to science fiction, people who think the topic sounds interesting, or will be such die-hard fans of Star Trek and\/or Doctor Who that they will object to the fact that neither appears in the posters visible behind me in the photo\u2026<\/p>\n

If the print is too small, click through to Dr. Jim\u2019s Thinking Shop for the full text from the abstract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"