First Links — 8.7.13

The Mainline Makes a (Literary) Comeback
Gary Dorrien, Religion Dispatches

On the Term “Rad Trad”
Dwight Longenecker, Standing on My Head

Matthew Milliner, Artist of the Month
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Catholic Colleges, Cognitive Dissonance, and Sentimentality
Kieran Raval, Juicy Ecumenism

Religion and the Mind of the South
Peter Lawler, Imaginative Conservative

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