march / april

Open Our Eyes

39:2— mar/apr 2026

Open Our Eyes

J. Budziszewski on a Vaccine for the Pandemic of Lunacy

Things Fall Apart

39:2— mar/apr 2026

Things Fall Apart

Alexander T. Riley on Negotiating the Walk Toward Our End

Desiring a Lesser Country

39:2— mar/apr 2026

Desiring a Lesser Country

Progress & the Pursuit of Unhappiness by J. Douglas Johnson

The Minstrel of Millennial Narcissism

39:2— mar/apr 2026

The Minstrel of Millennial Narcissism

Taylor Swift & the Subversion of Musical Arts by R. V. Young

Set Out into Deep Waters

39:2— mar/apr 2026

On Our Faces

A Faithful Church Is a Trembling Church by Ronald Moore

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)

25.6—Nov/Dec 2012

Clashing Symbols

The Loss of Aristotelian Logic & the Social, Moral & Sexual Consequences by Peter Kreeft

16.4—May 2003

Common Sense

Chesterton & the Aristotelian Tradition by Patrick Henry Reardon

from the archives on culture (301 articles)

32.2—March/April 2019

The Mimetic Bachelor

Reality Shows, Even in a Popular TV Series by C. E. Smith

32.4—July/August 2019

Malaise in Malaysia

Will Islamicization Become Its New Future by Peter Riddell

32.5—September/October 2019

Must Say No

on When Christians Can't Compromise by Joshua Steely

current columns

Illuminations

by Anthony Esolen

on Christian hymns

39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026

Give Me Crosses

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

Filled with the Savior

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Four Feasts

(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

(See all)

A Thousand Words

by Mary Elizabeth Podles

on works of Christian art

(See all)

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

39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026

A Great Work for God

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

Final Words on Preaching

(See all)

As It Is Written . . .

by Patrick Henry Reardon

on the bible and theology

39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026

Wisdom from the Netherworld

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

The Structure of the Fall

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Joshua & the Holy Land

(See all)

past columns

Book Returns

by various authors

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

18.7 — September 2005

Harvey Cox's The Secular City

(See all)

The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

20.1 — January/February 2007

Harvard's End

24.4 — July/August 2011

The Pope & Intelligent Science

20.4 — May 2007

The Two-Brain Solution

(See all)

Contours of Culture

by Ken Myers

on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)

23.5 — September/October 2010

The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis

(See all)

The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

16.1 — January/February 2003

Man Is a Wolf to Man

15.10 — December 2002

Cubist Scripture

(See all)

Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

6.2 — Spring 1993

Ranks of Prayer

8.3 — Summer 1995

Wrestling for Jesus

13.5 — June 2000

Poison Control

(See all)

Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

15.3 — April 2002

Shepherd Under Fire

An Interview with Bishop Bullen Dolli of Sudan

14.4 — May 2001

Latvia Revived

Archbishop Janis Vanags on Finding & Keeping the Faith in Post-Soviet Latvia

37.5 — Sept/Oct 2024

A Faithful Knowledge

A Conversation with Stephen C. Meyer

(See all)

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

38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025

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

38.3 — 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

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