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Seth D. Mitchell on Foolish Faith in Technological Salvation
39:4— jul/aug 2026
Christian Freedom in the Contest with Secularism by Douglas Farrow
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from the archives on philosophy (77 articles)
33.4—July/August 2020
on Boethius's Consolation in a Time of Plague by Thomas Albert Howard
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19.4—May 2006
The Culture War Is Between Religious Believers on Both Sides by Howard P. Kainz
18.2—March 2005
On Conservatism as Vexation, Vanity & Near Impossibility by Graeme Hunter
current columns
From Heavenly Harmony
on classical music
38.1 — Jan/Feb 2025
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on works of Christian art
39.4 — Jul/Aug 2026
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39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026
on books for children
39.3 — May/Jun 2026
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As It Is Written . . .
on the bible and theology
39.4 — Jul/Aug 2026
39.3 — May/Jun 2026
39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026
past columns
Book Returns
Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
(2005-2009)
22.3 — April 2009
Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
19.6 — July/August 2006
The Leading Edge
on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)
19.8 — October 2006
18.8 — October 2005
21.4 — May 2008
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
26.1 — Jan/Feb 2013
27.1 — Jan/Feb 2014
23.3 — May/June 2010
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
16.1 — January/February 2003
16.5 — June 2003
15.10 — December 2002
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
12.6 — November/December 1999
14.10 — December 2001
13.6 — July/August 2000
Interviews
Touchstone interviews with persons of interest
22.8 — November/December 2009
An Interview with Bishop Göran Beijer of the Mission Province of the Church of Sweden
book reviews
38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025
Butler’s Lies
Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
A review by Alexander T. Riley
38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025
Closing Argument
What Is Christianity? The Last Writings of Benedict XVI
A review by John R. Stephenson
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
38.6 — 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
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