First Links — 3.2.15

‘An Incorrigibly and Confusedly Religious Nation’
Randy Boyagoda, The Wall Street Journal

The Virtues of Lent
Br. Joachim Kenney, O.P., Dominicana

The Religious States of America, in 22 Maps
Niraj Chokshi, The Washington Post

The Aesthetes: When Kitsch Was Avant-Garde
Jacob Willer, Standpoint

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