First Links — 9.9.13

The Crank Within
Douglas Casson, Books & Culture

Leszek Kolakowski, Jester and Priest
John Connelly, The Nation

A Land Without Sin
Greg Garrett, Patheos

Reform Congregations Reform the Bar Mitzvah
Laurie Goodstein, New York Times

An Evangelical Reviews Evangelical Catholicism
Mark Noll, Comment

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