First Links — 8.5.13

Damascus: What’s Left
Sarah Birke, New York Review of Books

James Turrell’s Inner Light
Morgan Mies, Smart Set

Dryden & the Physician
Matthew Hanley, Catholic Thing

Monsters, Marvels, and the Birth of Science
Steve Paulson, Nautilus

Is Eric Metaxas the Next Chuck Colson?
Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Religion News Service

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