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38:5 — sept/oct 2025
Literary Reflections on Thoughtless Conformity by Gary Saul Morson
38:5 — sept/oct 2025
In Search of the Baptism of the Imagination by Wilfred M. McClay
38:5 — sept/oct 2025
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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Benedict XVI on the Crisis of Faith & Reason by Samuel Gregg
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Christ, Individualism & the Meaning of Cultural Diversity by Anthony Esolen
20.7—September 2007
Paul Didn’t Build Bridges to Popular Culture by Russell D. Moore
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From Heavenly Harmony
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As It Is Written . . .
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Book Returns
Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
(2005-2009)
19.1 — January/February 2006
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The Leading Edge
on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)
14.6 — July/August 2001
26.5 — Sept/Oct 2013
22.4 — May 2009
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
22.8 — November/December 2009
Todd Gitlin's Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives
24.6 — Nov/Dec 2011
A. J. Conyers's The Long Truce: How Toleration Made the World Safe for Power and Profit
23.2 — March/April 2010
Who Needs Classical Music? Cultural Choice and Musical Value by Julian Johnson
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
15.7 — September 2002
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Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
16.4 — May 2003
10.4 — Fall 1997
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Interviews
Touchstone interviews with persons of interest
14.4 — May 2001
Archbishop Janis Vanags on Finding & Keeping the Faith in Post-Soviet Latvia
book reviews
35.3 — May/Jun, 2022
Uppercut
Jesuit at Large: Essays and Reviews by Paul V. Mankowski, S.J.
edited with an introduction by George Weigel
A review by John M. Vella
35.3 — May/Jun, 2022
Total Immersion
Baptism: A Guide to Life from Death by Peter J. Leithart
A review by Joshua Pauling
35.5 — Sept/Oct, 2022
Capturing Audiences
C. S. Lewis and the Craft of Communication by Steven Beebe
A review by Arthur W. Hunt III
35.1 — January/February, 2022
Greek Odyssey
Fish Out of Water: A Search for
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