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Literary Reflections on Thoughtless Conformity by Gary Saul Morson
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How to Regard a New Term of Belittlement by J. Douglas Johnson
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Alexander T. Riley on Rediscovering David Lynch’s Elephant Man
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The Sobering Lessons of Dr. Jekyll & Dorian Gray by Louis A. Markos
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from the archives on philosophy (75 articles)
21.6—July/August 2008
Benedict XVI on the Crisis of Faith & Reason by Samuel Gregg
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Certain Death & the Last Lectures of Socrates & Jesus by Randall B. Smith
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20.7—September 2007
Paul Didn’t Build Bridges to Popular Culture by Russell D. Moore
19.4—May 2006
The Culture War Is Between Religious Believers on Both Sides by Howard P. Kainz
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Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
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The Leading Edge
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Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
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Todd Gitlin's Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives
26.2 — Mar/Apr 2013
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The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
16.4 — May 2003
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15.8 — October 2002
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
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book reviews
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Papist Patriots
Our Dear-Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration in Early America by Michael D. Breidenbach
A review by Thomas W. Jodziewicz
35.5 — Sept/Oct, 2022
A Retrieval
The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos by Sohrab Ahmari
A review by John M. Vella
35.1 — January/February, 2022
Biblical Skepticism
The Decline and Fall of Sacred Scripture by Scott Hahn and Benjamin Wiker
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35.6 — Nov/Dec, 2022
Points of Contact
The Evangelical Theology of the Orthodox Church by Bradley Nassif
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