First Links — 5.9.12

The Nuns and the “God Within”
Ross Douthat,  New York Times

Is Youth Ministry a Failed Experiment?
Alex Murashko,  The Christian Post

Cornel West’s Unending Quest
Lisa Miller,   New York Magazine

“Julia” and the Demands of Charity
Emily Stimpson,  Catholic Vote

When the Telephone Disrupted Our Manners
Tom Vanderbilt,  Wilson Quarterly

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