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First Links — 4.18.13

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Xerxes and the Jewish Diaspora Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon, Preachers’ Institute Tongue Tied Br. Tomás Martín Rosado O.P., Dominicana Atheist Church: An Exercise in Mimicry Anthony Sacramone, Strange Herring Past Perfect Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, Democracy Evelyn Waugh, . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 4.17.13

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Martyrdom Against Moss and Rushdie Michael Jensen, ABC Religion & Ethics Counter and Strange: Contemporary Catholic Literature Nick Ripatrazone, The Millions The Perils of Wonkery Peter Frase The Carroll-Dulaney Religion Debates Samuel Hearne, Acton Institute Schizophrenia in America Quang . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 4.16.13

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The Case for Regime Change on Abortion James Taranto, Wall Street Journal Karl Barth Sinks with the Titanic Fred Sanders, The Scriptorium How Your Child Will Be Kidnapped Matt Emerson, Ignatian Educator Taxis, Cossacks, and Churches Rick Schneider, Rivendell Institute Did the Left Win the Twentieth . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 4.15.13

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Converting the (Other) Hagia Sophia Melissa Steffan, Christianity Today Reality and Public Policy George Weigel, National Affairs Where Flannery Became Flannery Ann Napolitano, Writers’ Houses Fifteen Days in Rome Stacy Meichtry and Alessandra Galloni, Wall Street Journal The Bible vs. the . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 4.12.13

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Endorsement and Academic Freedom John Garvey, Touchstone The Rise of Evangélicos Elizabeth Dias, Time Twenty Poems to Save America Tony Hoagland, Harper’s The Economic Logic of the New Domesticity Ann Friedman, New Republic Hit Jobs and Tolerance Kieran Raval, Juicy Ecumenism . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 4.11.13

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It’s OK to Love Your Hometown Justin Green, Daily Beast What Abraham Kuyper Did Eric Miller, Christianity Today Johann Jungnitz and the Necessity of Logic for Theology Eric Parker, Epistole The Orthodox Vision of Human Sexuality Fr. Thomas Hopko, Ancient Faith Radio Abortion After Tiller . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 4.10.13

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Threats to Reason in Moral Judgment John F. Kihlstrom, Hedgehog Review On Ransom in Biblical Theology Fr. John A. Peck, Preachers’ Institute Licentious About Sex, Puritanical About Food Alissa Wilkinson, Books & Culture How Not to Defend the Liberal Arts Samuel Goldman, American . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 4.9.13

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The Leakiness of Surveillance Culture Tim Maly, Quiet Babylon Too Much Sociology Editors, n+1 Léon Bloy and Pope Francis Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery RIP, Franziska Jägerstätter Tom Roberts, National Catholic Reporter . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 4.8.13

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Thinking Trivially About Radical Orthodoxy Benjamin Robertson, Second Nature On Dualisms Eva Brann, Imaginative Conservative St. Francis, Christian Love, and Biotechnology William B. Hurlbut, New Atlantis How I Believe in Roger Ebert Steven D. Greydanus, National Catholic Register Professor Judt . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 4.5.13

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Dominic Gondreau’s Special Vocation Paul Gondreau, Huffington Post There Will Likely Be No Methodist Schism Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism Who Was Athanasius Kircher? Paula Findlen, The Nation Being Gay at Falwell’s University Brandon Ambrosino, Atlantic Karl Barth and Three Forms of . . . . Continue Reading »