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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
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Charles Murray’s Taking Religion Seriously reviewed by Russell T. Warne
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Benedict XVI on the Crisis of Faith & Reason by Samuel Gregg
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20.7—September 2007
Paul Didn’t Build Bridges to Popular Culture by Russell D. Moore
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From Heavenly Harmony
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As It Is Written . . .
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Book Returns
Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
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21.9 — November 2008
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The Leading Edge
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(2001–2013)
23.4 — July/August 2010
20.4 — May 2007
15.10 — December 2002
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
27.1 — Jan/Feb 2014
24.1 — January/February 2011
James Turner's Without God, Without Creed: The Origins of Unbelief in America
24.2 — March/April 2011
Colin Gunton's Enlightenment and Alienation: An Essay Towards a Trinitarian Theology
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
15.9 — November 2002
16.4 — May 2003
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Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
16.2 — March 2003
14.10 — December 2001
17.3 — April 2004
book reviews
38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025
Butler’s Lies
Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
A review by Alexander T. Riley
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
38.3 — 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
38.4 — Jul/Aug, 2025
Art & Human Ends
Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts by Daniel McInerny
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