Arlene Stevens, a grad student in religious studies, told a recent meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion that, “television has become our new church and its players our new prophets.” She admits in a National Post news story that a television show is a very unlikely place to find theological significance but that the show’s overriding moral message makes it ideal Sunday viewing for the non-church-going crowd.

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