Wednesday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Stephanie Paulsell on the Song of Songs: "The Song is about cherishing everything that makes another human being distinctive. It's the opposite of indiscriminate violence." (subscription required)

• Matt Hedstrom on when the mainline told us what to read

• Steve Pankey on the lectionary three years after the BP oil spill

• A brief review of David Hollinger

• "To pull the plug," a poem by Paul Willis

In the news:

• Citing risk to adoptions, Missouri gov. vetoes anti-Shariah bill