Wednesday digest

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New today from the Century:

• James P. Byrd on July 4 and war sermons

• Myron Bradley Penner on bearing ironic witness: "Our age doesn't need theoretical answers to intellectual challenges of belief. It needs personal responses to people's spiritual problems. " (subscription required)

• Marilyn McEntyre reviews The Blackwell Companion to the Bible in English Literature

• Steve Thorngate on food demand vs. food need

• "Lifeline," a poem by W. M. Herring

In the news:

• White House says it can't list Westboro Baptist as "hate group"