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)

29.5—Sept/Oct 2016

The True Atheist Myth

on Past & Present Atheism & the Invention of Happiness by Jordan Bissell

25.6—Nov/Dec 2012

Clashing Symbols

The Loss of Aristotelian Logic & the Social, Moral & Sexual Consequences by Peter Kreeft

from the archives on culture (292 articles)

20.8—October 2007

Aliens in Zion

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

29.3—May/June 2016

The Master's Voice

Our Choice Is Obedience or Jesus as Anti-Christ by Anthony Esolen

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

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

Filled with the Savior

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Four Feasts

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Hymns of Creation

(See all)

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

(See all)

past columns

Book Returns

by various authors

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

(See all)

The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

17.6 — July/August 2004

Taking the Cake

16.1 — January/February 2003

A Step Forward in Ohio

20.8 — October 2007

Permutations of Evolution

(See all)

The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

17.7 — September 2004

Literary Revelation

15.7 — September 2002

Disaster Canada

18.1 — January/February 2005

Empty Spaces of the Word

(See all)

Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

8.4 — Fall 1995

Moving Mountains

14.1 — January/February 2001

With All Thy Soul

17.4 — May 2004

Nothing Is Sinful

(See all)

Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

13.6 — July/August 2000

Swedish Dissent

Life as an Orthodox Churchman in the Church of Sweden: An interview with Dag Sandahl

8.4 — Fall 1995

Turning Hearts to the Fathers Part II

A Conversation With Thomas C. Oden

15.6 — July/August 2002

Out on a Limb in Norway

An Interview with Norwegian Dissident Roald Flemestad

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book reviews

38.3 — May/Jun, 2025

Down But Not Out
Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream by Timothy S. Goeglein
A review by Allan C. Carlson

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

38.1 — 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

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