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Christian Love vs. Modern Humanitarianism by Matthew B. Crawford
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Where Our Affections & Civilization Are Cultivated by Mark T. Mitchell
39:4— may/jun 2026
Charles Murray’s Taking Religion Seriously reviewed by Russell T. Warne
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from the archives on philosophy (76 articles)
32.6—November/December 2019
An Open Letter to Christian Readers of Jordan Peterson & Roger Scruton by James Bryson
24.2—March/April 2011
Certain Death & the Last Lectures of Socrates & Jesus by Randall B. Smith
from the archives on culture (304 articles)
34.1—January/February 2021
What the World Needs Now It Hardly Knows by Anthony Esolen
current columns
From Heavenly Harmony
on classical music
38.1 — Jan/Feb 2025
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39.3 — May/Jun 2026
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39.3 — May/Jun 2026
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As It Is Written . . .
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39.3 — May/Jun 2026
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Book Returns
Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
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19.1 — January/February 2006
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The Leading Edge
on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)
22.4 — May 2009
17.4 — May 2004
19.7 — September 2006
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
24.6 — Nov/Dec 2011
A. J. Conyers's The Long Truce: How Toleration Made the World Safe for Power and Profit
24.3 — May/June 2011
Gilbert Meilaender's The Taste for the Other: The Social and Ethical Thought of C. S. Lewis
23.4 — July/August 2010
Nathan O. Hatch's The Democratization of American Christianity
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
15.5 — June 2002
16.2 — March 2003
15.7 — September 2002
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
12.5 — September/October 1999
17.2 — March 2004
17.1 — January/February 2004
Interviews
Touchstone interviews with persons of interest
26.3 — May/June 2013
Jonathan V. Last on Faith, Hope & the Coming Population Implosion
14.6 — July/August 2001
An Interview with Bob Davies of Exodus International
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38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025
Divinely Detailed
All Things Are Full of Gods by David Bentley Hart
A review by Charles Carman
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
38.4 — Jul/Aug, 2025
Art & Human Ends
Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts by Daniel McInerny
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38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025
Closing Argument
What Is Christianity? The Last Writings of Benedict XVI
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