First Links — 2.27.14

False Cheers for Democracy
Paul R. Pillar, National Interest

Why Read Middlemarch?
B. D. McClay, Fare Forward

Piety, Justice, and Animals: A Response to Charles Camosy
Christopher O. Tollefsen, Public Discourse

Religious Experience and the Modern Self
Ross Douthat, New York Times

Vivaldi’s Business Plan
Samuel Wells, Christian Century

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