Friday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Steve Hayes on Nelson Mandela

• Kathryn Reklis on the show Orphan Black: "The show is so suspenseful and addictive, you may not realize that it's examining deep questions about the meaning of selfhood."

• Tom Montgomery Fate reviews Douglas Rushkoff: "Do smartphones make us smarter? Have breakthroughs in communications technology improved the quality of our lives? Media guru Douglas Rushkoff takes these questions on."

• Jonathan Grieser on Gaudium Evangelii

In the news:

• Reaction to the death of Nelson Mandela
• Shaped by Methodists, Mandela paid tribute to the role of religion