First Links — 2.21.14

Icons and the Public Nature of Theology
Artur Rosman, Cosmos The In Lost

The Eastern Bloc’s Most Famous Bank Heist
Jonathan Levin, Tablet

Liberals: Just as Moralistic as Conservatives
Chris Mooney, Mother Jones

How to Market Philosophy
James Chastek, Just Thomism

What Is Literature?
Arthur Krystal, Harper’s

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