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First Links — 8.9.13

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Anthropology, Empire, and Modernity Alan Macfarlane, Fortnightly Review Bread in the Middle Ages Medievalists.net The Very Hip Rev. Gary Hall Mark Tooley, American Spectator Tocqueville’s Faith Robert J. Delahunty, Center for Law and Religion Forum Brainwashed William M. Briggs . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 8.8.13

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Pelikan and Aslan Joseph Loconte, Huffington Post Pippin the Porcher Michael W. Hannon, Front Porch Republic City of Rogues and Schnorrers Jeffrey Veidlinger, Marginalia Hiroshima, Paul VI, and the Transfiguration Lorenzo Albacete, Il Sussidiario “Jesus is Merciful, But He is Not . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 8.7.13

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The Mainline Makes a (Literary) Comeback Gary Dorrien, Religion Dispatches On the Term “Rad Trad” Dwight Longenecker, Standing on My Head Matthew Milliner, Artist of the Month Image Catholic Colleges, Cognitive Dissonance, and Sentimentality Kieran Raval, Juicy Ecumenism Religion and . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 8.6.13

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Daughters of Romanticism Frances Wilson, Literary Review Anglicanism, the Local, and Conflict Stanley Hauerwas, ABC Religion & Ethics How Not to Talk About Homosexuality Aaron Taylor, Spiritual Friendship Christian Humanists Stephanie Paulsell, Christian Century Peter and the Transfiguration . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 8.5.13

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Damascus: What’s Left Sarah Birke, New York Review of Books James Turrell’s Inner Light Morgan Mies, Smart Set Dryden & the Physician Matthew Hanley, Catholic Thing Monsters, Marvels, and the Birth of Science Steve Paulson, Nautilus Is Eric Metaxas the Next Chuck Colson? Sarah . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 8.2.13

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Religion and State in Israel Moshe Koppel, Mosaic Swords into Syllogisms Randal R. Hendrickson, New Atlantis The Chaste Erotics of Marie d’Oignies and Jacques de Vitry Jennifer Brown, Medievalists Pascha in the Summer Fr. Steven Kostoff, Reflections in Christ It’s Jeremiad Time Wesley J. . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 8.1.13

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Sea Change Lewis H. Lapham, Lapham’s Quarterly Forgiveness Wins: The Perversity of the Prodigal Father Cosmos in the Lost Conservative Catholics and the New Pope Ross Douthat, Evaluations Out of the Antiworld James Kalb, Intercollegiate Review How Seminal Was Burke? Simon Heffer, Standpoint . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 7.31.13

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Ignatius’ Magnanimity P. Bracy Bersnak, Crisis Generation Peak-Teen Danny Dorling, New Statesman “Decontaminating the Brand”? Damian Thompson, Telegraph Aristotle Can’t Refute Evolution Robert T. Miller, Public Discourse The Rise of the Chicken Little Evangelical Blogger . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 7.30.13

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The Ideal English Major Mark Edmundson, Chronicle of Higher Education An Anti-Libertarian Populism? W. W., Democracy in America The Community of Friends in Apollonius’ Argonautika Coyle Neal, Anamnesis The Use and Abuse of Samuel Johnson Ian Crowe, University Bookman The Bishops Are Wrong on . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 7.29.13

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Inventing the Egghead Evan Kindley, The Point Surprising Sources of Missionaries Melissa Steffan, Gleanings Journey Through the Checkout Racks Laura Vanderkam, City Journal The Poem the Pope Never Wrote Mary Rezack, CNA As Seen by Others Bobbie Jameson, Gospel Coalition . . . . Continue Reading »