november / december

The Priest & the Magician

38:6 — nov/dec 2025

The Priest & the Magician

The Choice Between Contemplation & Control of Nature by Nicholas E. Ziegenhagen

Making the Best of Dystopia

38:6 — nov/dec 2025

Making the Best of Dystopia

St. Antony’s Guide to Resisting the Transhumanist Temptation by C. R. Wiley

The Riddles of God

38:6 — nov/dec 2025

The Riddles of God

Rebecca Sicree on Hunting the Hidden Things of Christmas

Prodigious Adolescence

38:6 — nov/dec 2025

Prodigious Adolescence

Reclaiming the Normal Path to Mature Adulthood by Anthony Esolen

The Trinitarian Factor

38:6 — nov/dec 2025

The Trinitarian Factor

Joshua Steely on the Key to Cultural Recovery

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 (75 articles)

24.2—March/April 2011

Our Numbered Days

Certain Death & the Last Lectures of Socrates & Jesus by Randall B. Smith

32.5—September/October 2019

Looking for Jacobs

Some Trivial Thoughts on the Study of Philosophy by Graeme Hunter

from the archives on culture (292 articles)

19.4—May 2006

Liberalism as Religion

The Culture War Is Between Religious Believers on Both Sides by Howard P. Kainz

20.8—October 2007

Aliens in Zion

on Why I Can’t Be Just Another Earthman by Louis Markos

35.2—Mar/Apr 2022

Say Something

on Fatigued Christians Deciding to Engage the Culture by Keith Lowery

current columns

Illuminations

by Anthony Esolen

on Christian hymns

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Four Feasts

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Hymns of Creation

38.4 — Jul/Aug 2025

The Forgotten Mode

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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

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A Thousand Words

by Mary Elizabeth Podles

on works of Christian art

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First Books

by Kathie Johnson

on books for children

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Reading About the Holocaust

38.3 — May/Jun 2025

North/Central Europe—Fiction

38.1 — Jan/Feb 2025

North-Central Europe

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Mortal Remains

by S. M. Hutchens

on theology and culture

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Vanity & the Work of the Cobbler

38.4 — Jul/Aug 2025

The Three Tests

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As It Is Written . . .

by Patrick Henry Reardon

on the bible and theology

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Joshua & the Holy Land

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

A Persian Parody

38.4 — Jul/Aug 2025

Second Thoughts on Saul

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past columns

Book Returns

by various authors

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

19.1 — January/February 2006

Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique

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The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

20.6 — July/August 2007

They Are A-Changin’

22.6 — July/August 2009

The Heart of Africa

17.10 — December 2004

Casualties of the Drug Lords

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The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

15.3 — April 2002

The Ring of Terror

16.5 — June 2003

Naples & New Towns

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Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

13.2 — March 2000

Raising the Bar

14.6 — July/August 2001

The Roaring Jesus

13.5 — June 2000

Poison Control

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Interviews

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Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

14.6 — July/August 2001

Coming Out of Homosexuality

An Interview with Bob Davies of Exodus International

12.2 — March/April 1999

A Novelist Looks at Faith & Fiction

An Interview with Susan Howatch

26.3 — May/June 2013

Whispers of Doom

Jonathan V. Last on Faith, Hope & the Coming Population Implosion

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book reviews

38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025

Our One Faith
Light from Light: A Theological Reflection on the Nicene Creed by Robert Barron
A review by Mike Schramm

38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025

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

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

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