First Links — 4.4.14

At Night We Walk in Circles
Charles Carman, Books & Culture

Still in the Grip of the Great War
Economist

Buried by the State: Forgotten Lives
Matt Trueman, Guardian

A Few Thoughts on Identity Discourse
Rokhl Kafrisson, Jewschool

The Fault Lines Before the Evangelical Earthquake
Trevin Wax, Kingdom People

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