january / february

Knot Now

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Knot Now

Brad Wilcox & Grant Bailey on the Case for Twenty-Something Marriages

Camp Mystic

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Camp Mystic

A Meditation on Childhood, Suffering & Longing by Sarah Winter

Male Pattern Boldness

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Male Pattern Boldness

Restoring Masculinity Outside the Feminist Frame by Mark Perkins

Nothing Personal

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Nothing Personal

Sexual Functionalism & Promiscuous Habits in Tolstoy's The Devil by Michial Farmer

Set Out into Deep Waters

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Set Out into Deep Waters

Daring to Seek Meaning & Magnificence by Anthony Esolen

conference videos (see all)

America After Christianity

September 27, 2024

Neopaganism's Dark Enchantment

—John Daniel Davidson

September 28, 2024

The Urgency of Wonder

—Rod Dreher

September 26, 2024

Principles for Living in the Negative World

—Aaron Renn

from the archives on philosophy (76 articles)

32.6—November/December 2019

God Fearers

An Open Letter to Christian Readers of Jordan Peterson & Roger Scruton by James Bryson

16.4—May 2003

Common Sense

Chesterton & the Aristotelian Tradition by Patrick Henry Reardon

from the archives on culture (298 articles)

23.2—March/April 2010

Job’s Progress

on Maturity for a Rising Generation by Peter J. Leithart

18.2—March 2005

Long Shadows of Eden

On Conservatism as Vexation, Vanity & Near Impossibility by Graeme Hunter

32.6—November/December 2019

Listening Up

Historical Truth, Beguiling Stories & Three Kinds of Hearers by Anthony Esolen

current columns

Illuminations

by Anthony Esolen

on Christian hymns

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

Filled with the Savior

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Four Feasts

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Hymns of Creation

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From Heavenly Harmony

by Ken Myers

on classical music

37.6 — Nov/Dec 2024

Restless Beauty

37.5 — Sept/Oct 2024

Apprehending the Music of Being

(See all)

A Thousand Words

by Mary Elizabeth Podles

on works of Christian art

(See all)

First Books

by Kathie Johnson

on books for children

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

North Africa

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Reading About the Holocaust

38.3 — May/Jun 2025

North/Central Europe—Fiction

(See all)

Mortal Remains

by S. M. Hutchens

on theology and culture

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

Final Words on Preaching

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Vanity & the Work of the Cobbler

(See all)

As It Is Written . . .

by Patrick Henry Reardon

on the bible and theology

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

The Structure of the Fall

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Joshua & the Holy Land

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

A Persian Parody

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past columns

Book Returns

by various authors

Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
(2005-2009)

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The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

21.4 — May 2008

Science Futures

20.1 — January/February 2007

Harvard's End

16.10 — December 2003

Mothballed Science

(See all)

The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

15.10 — December 2002

Cubist Scripture

(See all)

Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

17.2 — March 2004

Breaking Teeth

17.4 — May 2004

Nothing Is Sinful

8.3 — Summer 1995

Wrestling for Jesus

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Interviews

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Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

8.4 — Fall 1995

Turning Hearts to the Fathers Part II

A Conversation With Thomas C. Oden

13.9 — November 2000

Dialogue with a Dominican

An Interview with Aidan Nichols, O. P.

15.8 — October 2002

Darwin as Epicurean

An Interview with Benjamin Wiker

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book reviews

38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025

Butler’s Lies
Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
A review by Alexander T. Riley

38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025

Closing Argument
What Is Christianity? The Last Writings of Benedict XVI
A review by John R. Stephenson

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

38.6 — 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

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