First Links — 8.27.12

Rahm Emanuel Turns Homeless Services Over to Catholic Charities
John Byrne, Chicago Tribune

Ratzinger, Vatican II, and the Summer of 1962
Gianni Valente, La Stampa

History as a Hermenutic for Law
Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law

The Joys and Sorrows of Teaching Evolution at an Evangelical University
Dennis Venema, BioLogos

Evangelical Left Plans Pacifist Summit
Mark D. Tooley, Front Page Magazine

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