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“. . . [B]ad taste went hand in hand with bad theology. The person who favored mime homilies might well say, "I don't find the concept of Original Sin particularly helpful." The priest who offered a clown Mass might express his doubts about the Nicene Creed. . . . If a person welcomed a departure from the devotions, the architecture, even the liturgy of past tradition, he probably did this because outside the sanctuary, he was trained to prefer a sentimentalized form over authentic content. . . .”
"The Kitsch Council," OnePeterFive.com (July 6, 2020)
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020
33:6 — nov/dec 2020
Alexander F. C. Webster on One Word That Explains the Current Delusions
33:6 — nov/dec 2020
Why We No Longer But Still Could Have Beautiful Things by Anthony Esolen
33:6 — nov/dec 2020
Gary Thomson on an Enduring Story of Sacrifice to Save Others
fight or flight conference videos (see all)
October 10, 2019
The Church's Opportunity in 21st Century America
—Ross Douthat
from the archives on religious liberty (26 articles)
24.6—Nov/Dec 2011
on the Tyranny of Modern Freedom versus the Freedom of Jesus by Gillis J. Harp
24.6—Nov/Dec 2011
Liberty, Conscience & Autonomy
How the Culture War of the Roaring Twenties Set the Stage for Today’s Catholic & Evangelical Alliance by Barry Hankins
from the archives on philosophy (46 articles)
32.6—November/December 2019
An Open Letter to Christian Readers of Jordan Peterson & Roger Scruton by James Bryson
32.5—September/October 2019
Some Trivial Thoughts on the Study of Philosophy by Graeme Hunter
current columns
Illuminations
on Christian hymns
33.6 — November/December 2020
33.5 — September/October 2020
33.4 — July/August 2020
From Heavenly Harmony
on classical music
33.6 — November/December 2020
33.5 — September/October 2020
33.4 — July/August 2020
on works of Christian art
33.6 — November/December 2020
33.5 — September/October 2020
The Archdukes Albert and Isabella Visiting the Collection of Pierre Roose
33.4 — July/August 2020
on books for children
33.5 — September/October 2020
33.3 — May/June 2020
33.1 — January/February 2020
Mortal Remains
on theology and culture
33.6 — November/December 2020
33.5 — September/October 2020
33.4 — July/August 2020
As It Is Written . . .
on the bible and theology
33.6 — November/December 2020
33.5 — September/October 2020
33.4 — July/August 2020
past columns
Book Returns
Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
(2005-2009)
19.1 — January/February 2006
19.10 — December 2006
18.8 — October 2005
The Leading Edge
on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)
15.4 — May 2002
17.4 — May 2004
18.6 — July/August 2005
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
26.2 — Mar/Apr 2013
25.6 — Nov/Dec 2012
Oliver O'Donovan's Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics
22.8 — November/December 2009
Todd Gitlin's Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
16.2 — March 2003
15.8 — October 2002
15.9 — November 2002
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
14.5 — June 2001
14.8 — October 2001
13.3 — April 2000
Interviews
Touchstone interviews with persons of interest
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
14.4 — May 2001
Archbishop Janis Vanags on Finding & Keeping the Faith in Post-Soviet Latvia
book reviews
32.5 — September/October, 2019
A Dual Estrangement
Between Two Millstones: Sketches of Exile, 1974-1978
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
A review by James A. Altena
32.6 — November/December, 2019
Strategic Christians
The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis
by Alan Jacobs
A review by Jesse Russell
32.3 — May/June, 2019
Shame & Redemption
The Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch: A Christian's Companion for the Study of Islam
A review by Casey Chalk
32.2 — March/April, 2019
Shortfall
Deeper Magic: The Theology Behind the Writings of C. S. Lewis by Donald T. Williams
A review by S. M. Hutchens
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