First Links — 8.17.12

Surrogates and Their Discontents
Chris White,  Public Discourse

A Case for Critics Who Are Actually Critical
Dwight Garner,  New York Times

The Anti-Ecclesial Rhetoric of Emerging Church Movements
Ben Witherington,  The Bible and Culture

St. Augustine, Asking Questions Atheists Don’t
Thomas L. McDonald,  God and the Machine

Young Conservatives Can Be a Strange Breed of Geek
Tim Stanley,  Telegraph (UK)

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