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First Links — 4.4.13

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The Bitter Fool David Yezzi,  New Criterion The First Pope Francis Book Mark Judge, RealClearBooks Lordship, Millennialism, and Heresy Stelios Vasilis Perdios, Medievalists Urban Planning and the Church ‘Halo Effect’ Lorna Dueck, Globe & Mail Orthodoxy & Oprah-doxy Napp . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 4.3.12

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Mom’s Faith Wins Out Naomi Schaefer Riley, New York Times Curia Reform? Bank on It John L. Allen, Jr., National Catholic Reporter Interlocutions: Defining First Principles Steven Wedgeworth & Peter Escalante, Calvinist International The Few Witnesses to the Resurrection Bl. John Henry . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 4.2.13

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Egotistic Adoration Br. Gabriel Torretta, O.P., Dominicana Waiting for the Bells Elliot Milco, Fare Forward Classic Correction Kathryn Jean Lopez, The Corner Swimming With Leviathan Kenneth Minogue, New Criterion The Secret World of Garbagemen Heather Horn,  Atlantic . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 4.1.13

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After Atheism Various, New Statesman Timothy Murphy’s Conversion Greg Kandra, Deacon’s Bench The Law According to Harvey Mansfield Richard Reinsch, Library of Law and Liberty Struggling Lutheran Seminaries Libby A. Nelson, Inside Higher Ed Easter’s Freedom Joseph Loconte,  . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 3.27.13

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Muslims at Holy Thursday Mass H. Sergio Mora, Zenit Mere Anarchy James C. Scott, Wilson Quarterly The Old Man and His Big Book David Mathis, Desiring God Chesterton Did Not Use “Paradox” Zac Alstin, Spiked Review of Books Spring Breakers : A Reactionary Film Sonny Bunch, Washington Free . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 3.26.13

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Frances and Bernard Carlene Bauer, New York Times Beauty, Action, and Love Dominique Ovalle & Jen Grabarczyk, Other Journal The New American Haggadah Erika Meitner, Los Angeles Review of Books Missionaries of the Davos Culture Gordon N. Bardos, National Interest The Theology of Self-Destruction . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 3.25.13

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Scam Cell Lloyd Billingsley, City Journal Is, Ought, Can Brandon, Siris The Left Bank in the Vieux Carré Charles Jeanfreau, University Bookman Living Well in Ordinary Time Stanley Hauerwas, ABC Religion & Ethics A Tale of Two Popes Carl Trueman, Reformation21 . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 3.22.13

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Pilate Said to Him Raphael Forbing, O.P., Dominicana A Bunch of Nobodies Mark Greif, n+1 Why I Changed My Mind on Baptism Sean Michael Lucas, Gospel Coalition To Grow the Economy, Grow People James Poulos, Forbes Abelard’s Legacy: Theology Is Not ‘Faith Seeking Understanding’ . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 3.21.13

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An Ethical God Roger Olson, ABP Writing for Jacques Barzun Helen Hazen, American Scholar Rhonheimer’s Perils of Neutrality Bruce P. Frohnen, University Bookman The Pope and the Option for the Poor Giuseppe Sabella & Robert Sirico, Il Sussidiario The Christian Fantasy Lars Walker, . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 3.20.13

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The Rise of McMecca Zvika Krieger, Atlantic Two Kinds of “Conservative” Christians Thomas Holgrave, Juicy Ecumenism Mutilations of American History David Greenberg, New Republic Some Thoughts on Conclave Leaks Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law Mystery of the Murdered Saints Mystagogy . . . . Continue Reading »