First Links — 5.15.13

Getting Right with Niebuhr
James Nuechterlein, The New Criterion

School Your Hearts
Dwight Longenecker, Intercollegiate Review

A Survey of Clergy Views on Evolution
Editors, BioLogos

The Lethality of Loneliness
Judith Shulevitz, New Republic

On Silver Linings Playbook
Makoto Fujimura

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