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First Links — 9.9.13

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The Crank Within Douglas Casson, Books & Culture Leszek Kolakowski, Jester and Priest John Connelly, The Nation A Land Without Sin Greg Garrett, Patheos Reform Congregations Reform the Bar Mitzvah Laurie Goodstein, New York Times An Evangelical Reviews Evangelical Catholicism Mark Noll, Comment . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 9.6.13

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Pantheism in the Prayer Book Brian Miller, Juicy Ecumenism What Is Coptic Christianity, Anyway? Geoffrey Reiter, Christ and Pop Culture The Constitutional Status of Islam Peter Berger,  American Interest Darwin Without Teleology? Gerard M. Verschuuren, Strange Notions A New Chapter for . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 9.5.13

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Why the Frankfurt School Couldn’t Understand Fascism Walter Laqueur, Standpoint Allison Benedikt’s Immodest Proposal Christopher O. Tollefsen, Public Discourse Dan Brown’s Inferno and Overpopulation Ronald P. Millett, Meridian Law, Not Theology Kyle Duncan , Becket Fund On . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 9.4.13

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Christ in the Capital of the World Mark R. Gornik and Maria Liu Wong, Christianity Today Interview with an Enamelist Iconographer Jonathan Pageau and Evgeny Baranov, Orthodox Arts Journal A Francis Confession Boom? John Bingham, Telegraph Paperwork and Power Peter Lopatin, Weekly Standard Lost . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 9.3.13

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Vonnegut and Labor Day Matthew Gannon & Wilson Taylor, Jacobin Clive James’ Dull Dante Ian Thomson, Financial Times The Dark Dove with the Flickering Tongue Matthew J. Milliner & Brett Foster, Books & Culture The Case for Christian Realism Stanley Hauerwas, ABC Religion & . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 8.30.13

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How to Interpret Biblical Genitives Justin Taylor, Between Two Worlds Mapping the Global Muslim Population Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project How Did You Become a Writer? Brian Doyle, American Scholar A Stark but Realistic Picture of the Middle East Edward Pentin & Samir . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 8.29.13

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The New Jim Crow Alfredo Garcia, Religion & Politics Though He Doth Tarry William Deresiewicz, American Scholar Wedding Bell Blues Richard Davenport-Hines, New Statesman What I Meant to Say Foggy Bottum, Crisis Address to March on Washington Martin Luther King, Jr . . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 8.28.13

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Seeing Colonial North America Through a Glass, Darkly Matthew Hale, Library of Law & Liberty Is Anglicanism a Variant of Lutheranism? Anthony Sacramone, Strange Herring More on the Religion-Intelligence Connection Jordan Monge, Christianity Today The Era of Nationalism Paul R. Pillar, National . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 8.27.13

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A New Catholic-Lutheran Document Charlotte Hays, National Catholic Register The Shape of Rome Ex Urbe Against the Senseless Destruction of Churches Anthony Esolen, Crisis Fathers, Sons, and Chief Rabbis Yehuda Mirsky, Jewish Review of Books Quest for Ethical Stem Cells Prompts Moral Questions . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 8.26.13

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A Plot Against Living: J.F. Powers’s ‘Suitable Accommodations’ D. G. Myers, Daily Beast From the Abundance of the Heart Alan Jacobs, Medium A Coptic Monument to Survival, Destroyed Samuel Tadros, Wall Street Journal The U.S.’s Lagging Commitment to Religious Freedom Robert P. . . . . Continue Reading »