First Links—8.14.15

The Habit of Seeing God Face to Face
Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing

Today in Christian History
Editors, Christian History Institute

My Father’s Hiroshima
William Van Ornum, America

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Holy Writ
Rod Dreher, The American Conservative

In College and Hiding from Scary Ideas
Judith Shulevitz, The New York Times

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