First Links — 7.1.13

Naturalizing “Shalom”: Confessions of a Kuyperian Secularist
James K. A. Smith, Comment

Do Protestants Belong?
Darryl Hart, Front Porch Republic

The Age Demanded an Image
Sarah Ruden, Books & Culture

Tolkien’s Arthur
Tom Shippey, Times Literary Supplement

John Carroll’s Prayer for Liberty
Donald R. McClarey,  American Catholic

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