First Links — 8.30.13

How to Interpret Biblical Genitives
Justin Taylor, Between Two Worlds

Mapping the Global Muslim Population
Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project

How Did You Become a Writer?
Brian Doyle, American Scholar

A Stark but Realistic Picture of the Middle East
Edward Pentin & Samir Khalil Samir, S.J. , National Catholic Register

Can Conservative Religion Survive Gay Marriage?
David P. Goldman, Torah Musings

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