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July 5, 2013

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New today from the Century:

Philip Jenkins on the Irish nones: "For centuries Ireland was synonymous with staunch Catholic piety. Now it seems to be undergoing a process of secularization as rapid as any in history." (subscription required)

Carol Zaleski on C. S. Lewis: "This fall, Lewis's memorial stone will be unveiled in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. Poets' Corner couldn't ask for a better tour guide." (subscription required)

Diane Roth on putting your hand to the plow and not looking back

Lil Copan on art by Cynthia Large (subscription required)

Early Christianity, fragment by fragment

A new published volume of ancient papyri contains sayings, attributed to Jesus, that were previously unknown—including a dialogue with a disciple named Mary.

by Elizabeth Schrader Polczer