First Links — 11.9.12

Can Philosophy of Religion Be Apologetics?
Helen de Cruz, Prosblogion

Court Completely Drops Ministerial Test
Melissa Steffan, Gleanings

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier . . . Theologian
Fr. Tim Finigan, Hermeneutic of Continuity

The Perniciousness of Upper Middle Brow Music
Jordan Bloom,  The American Conservative

Sorry, Conservatives: Tocqueville Did Not Call the 2012 Election
David Wagner, The Atlantic

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