Wednesday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Kathryn Reklis on TV's two-dimensional religious characters: "It's the golden era of TV, and many shows explore moral and psychological issues with great nuance. Why not take religion as seriously?"

• Edward Blum on Max Lucado's moral views on guns

• David Heim on listening to Buechner

• "When it snowed in Damascus," a poem by Ann Struthers

In the news:

• Unbelief is now the world's third-largest 'religion'
• Death penalty grows rarer in U.S.