First Links — 9.13.13

Fr. Permoli and the First Amendment
Hadley Arkes, Catholic Thing

Is the Nation-State Dying?
Alan Wolfe, Chronicle of Higher Education

Baptism by the Holy Spirit and Baptism by the Spirit of the Age
Peter Berger, American Interest

Finding Others in the Dark
Win Bassett,  Los Angeles Review of Books

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