First Links — 8.1.12

More on the State Department’s Religious Freedom Report
Thomas F. Farr,  The Corner

Reviewing Peter Leithart’s Political Theology (Pt. I)
Matthew Lee Anderson,  Mere Orthodoxy

Faith, Hope, and Lost Causes
Rod Dreher,  The American Conservative

Building Around the Fruit Tree
Elizabeth A. Harris,  New York Times

The Church’s Welfare
Kieran Raval,  Institute on Religion & Democracy

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