Friday digest

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New today from the Century:

• John Buchanan on Elizabeth Sifton and her parents (subscription required)
• David Commins reviews Stéphane Lacroix's book on religious dissent in Saudi Arabia (subscription required)
• Just how high are our taxes?
• Lou Carlozo briefly reviews the new Ray Charles DVD

In the news:

• Conservative Presbyterians launch new denomination
• U.S. church council names Chapman as interim general secretary
• Last of 3 men sentenced in church arson case
• Are Mormons Christian? It's complicated
• Pope warns U.S. bishops on threat of 'radical secularism'