First Links — 7.18.12

A Meditation on the Virtue of Acceptance
Msgr. Charles Pope,  Archdiocese of Washington Blog

Truth, Subjectivity, & Jungle Gods
Rod Dreher,  The American Conservative

Jews and Muslims: Unite in Germany
Arsalan Iftikhar,  CNN

Re: Retention Rates of Childhood Faiths
Timothy Dalrymple,  Philosophical Fragments

Melinda Gates’ Extreme Makeover
Celeste McGovern,  National Catholic Register

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