Thursday digest
New today from the Century:
- Thomas G. Long on the healing power of human touch: "Sick people long to be touched—the very thing loved ones tend to avoid. In today's mechanized medicine, doctors keep their distance as well." (subscription required)
- Steve Thorngate's blow-by-blow debate commentary
- David Henson on this Sunday's competing themes
- William H. Willimon reviews Lamin Sanneh (subscription required)
- Philip Jenkins and Grant Wacker's picks for new books in world Christianity and American religion
In the news: