First Links — 12.18.12

On Supererogation
Alexander R. Pruss, Alexander Pruss’ Blog

Irenaeus Did Not Teach Self-Fulfillment
Patrick Henry Reardon, Touchstone

The Kingdom & Anti-Intellectualism
James K. A. Smith, Fors Clavigera

What Will American Christianity Look Like in Fifty Years?
Silouan Thompson, Silouan

Notre Dame at Eight Hundred and Fifty
Emily Greenhouse,  The New Yorker

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