july / august

Miracles of Completion

39:4— jul/aug 2026

Miracles of Completion

Why We Will Walk on Water by Hans Boersma

America’s Transcendent Tether

39:4— jul/aug 2026

America’s Transcendent Tether

A Semiquincentennial Requiem by Duane Litfin

The Daedalus Delusion

39:4— jul/aug 2026

The Daedalus Delusion

Seth D. Mitchell on Foolish Faith in Technological Salvation

Minority Report

39:4— jul/aug 2026

Minority Report

Christian Freedom in the Contest with Secularism by Douglas Farrow

Pride & Incorrigibility

39:4— jul/aug 2026

Pride & Incorrigibility

How to Save the World from Itself 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 (77 articles)

29.4—July/August 2016

The Very Idea

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

33.4—July/August 2020

Pondering Evil

on Boethius's Consolation in a Time of Plague by Thomas Albert Howard

from the archives on culture (307 articles)

23.2—March/April 2010

Job’s Progress

on Maturity for a Rising Generation by Peter J. Leithart

20.7—September 2007

Retaking Mars Hill

Paul Didn’t Build Bridges to Popular Culture by Russell D. Moore

35.2—Mar/Apr 2022

Say Something

on Fatigued Christians Deciding to Engage the Culture by Keith Lowery

current columns

Illuminations

by Anthony Esolen

on Christian hymns

39.4 — Jul/Aug 2026

The Springs of Baptism

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

Building & Unbuilding

39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026

Give Me Crosses

(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

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

North Africa—Fiction

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

North Africa

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Reading About the Holocaust

(See all)

Mortal Remains

by S. M. Hutchens

on theology and culture

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

Dreams of Gerontius

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

39.4 — Jul/Aug 2026

The Prayer of Eleazar

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

David & the Giant

39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026

Wisdom from the Netherworld

(See all)

past columns

Book Returns

by various authors

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

18.8 — October 2005

Jack Kerouac's On the Road

(See all)

The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

17.8 — October 2004

Overestimating AIDS

25.6 — Nov/Dec 2012

Persian Conversions

17.10 — December 2004

Casualties of the Drug Lords

(See all)

Contours of Culture

by Ken Myers

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

27.1 — Jan/Feb 2014

George MacDonald & Phantastes

23.1 — January/February 2010

Richard Weaver's Ideas Have Consequences

(See all)

The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

(See all)

Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

10.3 — Summer 1997

Worthy of the Name

12.5 — September/October 1999

Looking Beyond Ourselves

13.7 — September 2000

Knowing God’s Will

(See all)

Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

15.6 — July/August 2002

Out on a Limb in Norway

An Interview with Norwegian Dissident Roald Flemestad

13.9 — November 2000

Dialogue with a Dominican

An Interview with Aidan Nichols, O. P.

15.10 — December 2002

Pondering Anglican Woes

An Interview with J. I. Packer

(See all)

book reviews

38.4 — Jul/Aug, 2025

Art & Human Ends
Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts by Daniel McInerny
A review by Louise McCray

38.6 — Nov/Dec, 2025

The Sexual Reformation
A Forceful and Fruitful Verse: Genesis 1:28 in Luther’s Thought and Its Place in the Wittenberg Reformation (1521–1531) by Brandt C. Klawitter
A review by Allan C. Carlson

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

38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025

Butler’s Lies
Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
A review by Alexander T. Riley

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