First Links — 9.15.15

The Rise of Victimhood Culture
Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic

Art Across the Early Abrahamic Religions
Robert Gregg, OUPblog

There Is No Theory of Everything
Simon Critchley, New York Times

Jesus was a Refugee
K. Albert Little, Patheos

What Your Pastor’s Jeans Say About Their Theology
Jesse Carey, Relevant

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