First Links — 11.15.13

Mill and Cannabis
Peter Hitchens, ABC Religion & Ethics

The Least Known Masterpiece of European Literature
Adam Kirsch, New Republic

Lou Reed and the Iconography of Rock and Roll
Ethan McCarthy, Christ and Pop Culture

TOMS Shoes and the Spiritual Politics of Neoliberalism
Lucia Hulsether,  Religion & Politics

Contradictions and the Burkean . . . Lovecraft?
Kenneth Hite, University Bookman

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