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39:4— may/jun 2026
Christian Love vs. Modern Humanitarianism by Matthew B. Crawford
39:4— may/jun 2026
Where Our Affections & Civilization Are Cultivated by Mark T. Mitchell
39:4— may/jun 2026
Charles Murray’s Taking Religion Seriously reviewed by Russell T. Warne
conference videos (see all)
from the archives on philosophy (76 articles)
25.6—Nov/Dec 2012
The Loss of Aristotelian Logic & the Social, Moral & Sexual Consequences by Peter Kreeft
24.2—March/April 2011
Certain Death & the Last Lectures of Socrates & Jesus by Randall B. Smith
from the archives on culture (304 articles)
18.2—March 2005
On Conservatism as Vexation, Vanity & Near Impossibility by Graeme Hunter
22.3—April 2009
Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by J. Daryl Charles
current columns
From Heavenly Harmony
on classical music
38.1 — Jan/Feb 2025
37.6 — Nov/Dec 2024
37.5 — Sept/Oct 2024
on works of Christian art
39.3 — May/Jun 2026
39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026
39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026
on books for children
39.3 — May/Jun 2026
39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026
38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025
As It Is Written . . .
on the bible and theology
39.3 — May/Jun 2026
39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026
39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026
past columns
Book Returns
Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
(2005-2009)
19.7 — September 2006
19.10 — December 2006
21.9 — November 2008
The Leading Edge
on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)
16.8 — October 2003
23.2 — March/April 2010
22.6 — July/August 2009
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
23.4 — July/August 2010
Nathan O. Hatch's The Democratization of American Christianity
22.7 — September/October 2009
26.4 — July/August 2013
Colin Gunton's The One, the Three and the Many: God, Creation and the Culture of Modernity
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
16.1 — January/February 2003
16.5 — June 2003
16.2 — March 2003
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
14.7 — September 2001
15.6 — July/August 2002
10.2 — Spring 1997
Interviews
Touchstone interviews with persons of interest
22.8 — November/December 2009
An Interview with Bishop Göran Beijer of the Mission Province of the Church of Sweden
14.6 — July/August 2001
An Interview with Bob Davies of Exodus International
book reviews
38.6 — Nov/Dec, 2025
Latter-Day Paper Trail
Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet by John G. Turner
A review by Joseph Martin
38.4 — Jul/Aug, 2025
Art & Human Ends
Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts by Daniel McInerny
A review by Louise McCray
38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025
Butler’s Lies
Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
A review by Alexander T. Riley
38.6 — Nov/Dec, 2025
The Sexual Reformation
A Forceful and Fruitful Verse: Genesis 1:28 in Luther’s Thought and Its Place in the Wittenberg Reformation (1521–1531) by Brandt C. Klawitter
A review by Allan C. Carlson
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