january / february

Knot Now

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Knot Now

Brad Wilcox & Grant Bailey on the Case for Twenty-Something Marriages

Camp Mystic

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Camp Mystic

A Meditation on Childhood, Suffering & Longing by Sarah Winter

Male Pattern Boldness

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Male Pattern Boldness

Restoring Masculinity Outside the Feminist Frame by Mark Perkins

Nothing Personal

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Nothing Personal

Sexual Functionalism & Promiscuous Habits in Tolstoy's The Devil by Michial Farmer

Set Out into Deep Waters

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Set Out into Deep Waters

Daring to Seek Meaning & Magnificence by Anthony Esolen

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 (76 articles)

32.5—September/October 2019

Looking for Jacobs

Some Trivial Thoughts on the Study of Philosophy by Graeme Hunter

29.4—July/August 2016

The Very Idea

on Anselm's God & the Virtue of Existing  by Tara L. Jernigan

from the archives on culture (298 articles)

6.1—Winter 1993

Civilization Without Religion?

by Russell Kirk

32.5—September/October 2019

Must Say No

on When Christians Can't Compromise by Joshua Steely

30.6—Nov/Dec 2017

The Greatness Commission

Christ, Individualism & the Meaning of Cultural Diversity by Anthony Esolen

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

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A Thousand Words

by Mary Elizabeth Podles

on works of Christian art

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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

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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

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past columns

Book Returns

by various authors

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

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The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

14.6 — July/August 2001

History & Strange Reversals

15.10 — December 2002

How Much Does It Cost?

20.1 — January/February 2007

Harvard's End

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The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

17.7 — September 2004

Literary Revelation

16.5 — June 2003

Naples & New Towns

15.9 — November 2002

The Comforting Doctrine of Hell

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Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

8.2 — Spring 1995

Not of This World

11.6 — November/December 1998

Rediscovering Advent

13.9 — November 2000

Petrified Intellects

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Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

16.10 — December 2003

Violence & the Lamb Slain

An Interview with Rene Girard

8.4 — Fall 1995

Turning Hearts to the Fathers Part II

A Conversation With Thomas C. Oden

28.5 — Sept/Oct 2015

The Gospel Out of Egypt

Bishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Church

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book reviews

38.5 — Sept/Oct, 2025

The Scope of the Pope
Infallibility, Integrity and Obedience: The Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church, 1848–2023 by John M. Rist
A review by William J. Tighe

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

Our One Faith
Light from Light: A Theological Reflection on the Nicene Creed by Robert Barron
A review by Mike Schramm

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