First Links — 9.24.13

A Teacher and Her Student
Thessaly La Force, Vice

The Robot and the Master
Jonathan Pageau, Orthodox Arts Journal

An Argument Against Christian Materialism on a Pro-Life View
Alexander Pruss’s Blog

Debating Constantine
David Swartz, Anxious Bench

The Wagnerian Pope
Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise

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