First Links — 1.17.12

God Matters: Ethical Theory and Divine Law
Matthew O’Brien, Public Discourse

Tolstoy: Saint or Crank?
Brooke Allen, Review

In Search of Serendipity
Ian Leslie, Intelligent Life

Hannah Arendt’s Destructive Legacy
Sol Stern, City Journal

King’s Theology of Action
Robert Vischer, Mirror of Justice

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