<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Phil Linley</title><description>Essays and reading notes connecting sociology, memetics, theology, philosophy, and politics: academic research, historical texts, and contemporary cultural debates.</description><link>https://phillinley.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Reading note: What Is Memetics?</title><link>https://phillinley.com/reading-notes/what-is-memetics/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://phillinley.com/reading-notes/what-is-memetics/</guid><description>A short introduction to memetics, the study of how ideas and cultural information spread, and the questions I want to chase.</description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Memetics</category></item><item><title>Memetics &amp; the Imago Dei</title><link>https://phillinley.com/essays/memetics-and-the-imago-dei/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://phillinley.com/essays/memetics-and-the-imago-dei/</guid><description>Memetics treats culture as something that replicates, and the Imago Dei says people are made in the image of God. Digital society makes the tension between those claims easier to see.</description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Phil Linley</dc:creator><category>Memetics</category></item></channel></rss>