First Links — 12.7.12

Retro-Christianity
Kenneth J. Stewart, The Gospel Coalition

St. Nicholas and Three Types of Praiseworthy Zeal
John Sanidopoulos, Mystagogy

The Complicated Domestic Life of Charles Dickens
Elaine Showalter,  The Book

Theory and Practice
Br. Innocent Smith, O.P., Dominicana

Aquinas Among the Analytics
John Haldane & Richard Marshall, 3:AM Magazine

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