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39:2— mar/apr 2026
Progress & the Pursuit of Unhappiness by J. Douglas Johnson
39:2— mar/apr 2026
The Minstrel of Millennial Narcissism
Taylor Swift & the Subversion of Musical Arts by R. V. Young
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29.5—Sept/Oct 2016
on Past & Present Atheism & the Invention of Happiness by Jordan Bissell
21.6—July/August 2008
Benedict XVI on the Crisis of Faith & Reason by Samuel Gregg
from the archives on culture (301 articles)
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
current columns
From Heavenly Harmony
on classical music
38.1 — Jan/Feb 2025
37.6 — Nov/Dec 2024
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on works of Christian art
39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026
39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026
38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025
on books for children
39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026
38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025
38.3 — May/Jun 2025
As It Is Written . . .
on the bible and theology
39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026
39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026
38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025
past columns
Book Returns
Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
(2005-2009)
19.1 — January/February 2006
19.9 — November 2006
38.3 — May/Jun 2025
The Leading Edge
on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)
16.6 — July/August 2003
18.8 — October 2005
24.6 — Nov/Dec 2011
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
26.3 — May/June 2013
Poetic Knowledge: The Recovery of Education by James S. Taylor
24.3 — May/June 2011
Gilbert Meilaender's The Taste for the Other: The Social and Ethical Thought of C. S. Lewis
24.4 — July/August 2011
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
16.4 — May 2003
15.8 — October 2002
15.4 — May 2002
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
13.4 — May 2000
12.2 — March/April 1999
10.1 — Winter 1997
Interviews
Touchstone interviews with persons of interest
25.3 — May/Jun 2012
Prison Fellowship Founder Charles Colson's Final Mission for Christian Faith & Culture
17.6 — July/August 2004
An conversation with William A. Dembski, Phillip E. Johnson, Jed Macosko, Paul Nelson, Edward Sisson, Richard Weikart, and Jonathan Witt About the Past, Present & Future of Darwinism & Design
book reviews
38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025
Closing Argument
What Is Christianity? The Last Writings of Benedict XVI
A review by John R. Stephenson
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
38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025
Divinely Detailed
All Things Are Full of Gods by David Bentley Hart
A review by Charles Carman
38.6 — Nov/Dec, 2025
Latter-Day Paper Trail
Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet by John G. Turner
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