First Links — 3.7.14

Scientism in the Arts and Humanities
Roger Scruton, New Atlantis

The Moral Tragedy of Sweeney Todd
Leah Libresco, Ethika Politika

Darwin in Arabia
Marwa Elshakry, Times Literary Supplement

Protestant Encounters with Orthodoxy
Amy Frykholm, Books & Culture

Inside the Cloister, Dedicated to God
Casey N. Cep, New Yorker

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