Friday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Rodney Clapp on a phobia of his: "I am not squeamish about most animals or insects. But snakes are a different story." (subsription required)

• Steve Thorngate on word nerds and status anxiety

• James Sledge on waiting for God

• A brief review of the new book from Cascade on Christan nonviolence

• "Altar flowers," a poem by Mary M. Brown

In the news:

• Faith leaders urge Americans to combat attacks on religious minorities
• Nuns gather to plot response to Vatican crackdown
• For Sikhs, the soul lives on long after the body dies
• Sikh vigils greet violence with peace, food
• Do the American nuns have a future?