may / june

Downward Nobility

39:4— may/jun 2026

Downward Nobility

Christian Love vs. Modern Humanitarianism by Matthew B. Crawford

Bruised Reeds

39:4— may/jun 2026

Bruised Reeds

The Shepherd’s Voice in an Age of Protest by Anthony Esolen

Piety, Place & Gratitude

39:4— may/jun 2026

Piety, Place & Gratitude

Where Our Affections & Civilization Are Cultivated by Mark T. Mitchell

Retro Universe

39:4— may/jun 2026

Retro Universe

Dante Hosseini on the Older Adopted Image of C. S. Lewis

Nearly Persuaded

39:4— may/jun 2026

Nearly Persuaded

Charles Murray’s Taking Religion Seriously reviewed by Russell T. Warne

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

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 (304 articles)

32.4—July/August 2019

Malaise in Malaysia

Will Islamicization Become Its New Future by Peter Riddell

32.6—November/December 2019

Listening Up

Historical Truth, Beguiling Stories & Three Kinds of Hearers by Anthony Esolen

18.2—March 2005

Long Shadows of Eden

On Conservatism as Vexation, Vanity & Near Impossibility by Graeme Hunter

current columns

Illuminations

by Anthony Esolen

on Christian hymns

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

Building & Unbuilding

39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026

Give Me Crosses

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

Filled with the Savior

(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

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

David & the Giant

39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026

Wisdom from the Netherworld

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

The Structure of the Fall

(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)

21.2 — March 2008

Science by Consensus

19.7 — September 2006

Getting Over Dover

16.6 — July/August 2003

Uncle Tom's Victory

(See all)

The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

18.1 — January/February 2005

Empty Spaces of the Word

16.1 — January/February 2003

Man Is a Wolf to Man

15.4 — May 2002

Flying High at Trinity

(See all)

Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

14.5 — June 2001

On Shamefulness

12.6 — November/December 1999

Virgin Soldiers

14.10 — December 2001

The Cardinal Virtue of Fortitude

(See all)

Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

8.4 — Fall 1995

Turning Hearts to the Fathers Part II

A Conversation With Thomas C. Oden

24.2 — March/April 2011

Courage & Conversion

An Interview with Hadley Arkes

15.3 — April 2002

Shepherd Under Fire

An Interview with Bishop Bullen Dolli of Sudan

(See all)

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

38.6 — Nov/Dec, 2025

Latter-Day Paper Trail
Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet by John G. Turner
A review by Joseph Martin

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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