First Links—5.20.15

Evangelical Protestants are the Biggest Winners When People Change Faiths
Leah Libreso, FiveThirtyEight

Locating Heaven
Br. Thomas Davenport, Dominicana

Reading Poetry
Jack Hanson, Open Letters Monthly

Do Persons Matter?
Scott Walter, Philanthropy Daily

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