september / october

Faulty Connection

39:5— sept/oct 2026

Faulty Connection

A.M.H. on Artificial Voices & the Loss of Human Interaction

Pilgrims, Not Tourists

39:5— sept/oct 2026

Pilgrims, Not Tourists

A (Sort of) Argument for Christendom by Rod Dreher

No Profit, All Loss

39:5— sept/oct 2026

No Profit, All Loss

The Humanity Lost When Our Ends Are Denied by Anthony Esolen

Mystery Man

39:5— sept/oct 2026

Mystery Man

Thomas Albert Howard on the Sublime & Helpful Theology of Pseudo-Dionysius

The Chapel at the End of the Earth

39:5— sept/oct 2026

The Chapel at the End of the Earth

Andrei Romanov on Christian Europe’s First & Last Resort

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)

29.5—Sept/Oct 2016

The True Atheist Myth

on Past & Present Atheism & the Invention of Happiness by Jordan Bissell

16.4—May 2003

Common Sense

Chesterton & the Aristotelian Tradition by Patrick Henry Reardon

from the archives on culture (309 articles)

29.3—May/June 2016

The Master's Voice

Our Choice Is Obedience or Jesus as Anti-Christ by Anthony Esolen

34.1—January/February 2021

Jeremiah Revisited

Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher by Hans Boersma

32.2—March/April 2019

The Mimetic Bachelor

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

current columns

Illuminations

by Anthony Esolen

on Christian hymns

39.5 — Sept/Oct 2026

Hope, the Little Girl

39.4 — Jul/Aug 2026

The Springs of Baptism

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

Building & Unbuilding

(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

39.5 — Sept/Oct 2026

Books About Dreams

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

North Africa—Fiction

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

North Africa

(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

39.5 — Sept/Oct 2026

Horse Sense

39.4 — Jul/Aug 2026

The Prayer of Eleazar

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

David & the Giant

(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

19.1 — January/February 2006

Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique

(See all)

The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

20.4 — May 2007

The Two-Brain Solution

22.4 — May 2009

Truths in Fiction

21.2 — March 2008

Science by Consensus

(See all)

The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

17.7 — September 2004

Literary Revelation

16.1 — January/February 2003

Man Is a Wolf to Man

(See all)

Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

15.1 — January/February 2002

Not Caesar?s Icon

17.9 — November 2004

Springs Eternal

14.5 — June 2001

On Shamefulness

(See all)

Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

14.4 — May 2001

Latvia Revived

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

12.2 — March/April 1999

A Novelist Looks at Faith & Fiction

An Interview with Susan Howatch

8.3 — Summer 1995

Turning Hearts to the Fathers Part I

A Conversation With Thomas C. Oden

(See all)

book reviews

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

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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