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“. . . I cannot myself imagine a more fearful fate for our species than that they should so habituate themselves to their earthly circumstances as to be finally contented with them, or a more sublime one than that they should continue till the end of time to peer into the distance after the land that is very far off. . . .”
Jesus Rediscovered (1969)
Editor's Picks
9.1 — Winter 1996
On the Loss of Poetry as Necessary Knowledge by Steven Faulkner
26.2 — Mar/Apr 2013
on the Suffering of Faith & the Paradox of Psalm 88 by Stephen Muse
24.1 — January/February 2011
How Planned Parenthood's Founder Played the Christians, and Won by Allan C. Carlson
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35:4 — july/august 2022
The Death Rattle of a Tradition
Contemporary Catholic Thinking on the Question of War by Andrew Latham
35:4 — july/august 2022
Christian Fidelity vs. the Sterile Conformity of the State by Allan C. Carlson
35:4 — july/august 2022
The World of Matter & Spirit United in Praise of Its Creator by Jonathan R. Bryan
35:4 — july/august 2022
A Good Reason for the Appearance of Tolkien's Obvious Misfit by C. R. Wiley
35:4 — july/august 2022
The Failure & Confusions of a More Accommodating Faith by R. V. Young
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from the archives on imagination (21 articles)
11.5—September/October 1998
Speaking the Truths Only the Imagination May Grasp
An Essay on Myth & 'Real Life' by Stratford Caldecott
from the archives on family (86 articles)
31.5—September/October 2018
Errands into the Moral Wilderness
Forms of Christian Family Witness & Renewal by Allan C. Carlson
24.4—July/August 2011
The Cultural Marxists’ Strategic Assault on Religion, Life & Family by Patrick F. Fagan
32.1—January/February 2019
on Down Syndrome & the Lives That Matter by David F. Watson
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From Heavenly Harmony
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Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
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18.10 — December 2005
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The Leading Edge
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(2001–2013)
25.2 — March/April 2012
21.10 — December 2008
25.6 — Nov/Dec 2012
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
23.5 — September/October 2010
23.3 — May/June 2010
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
16.4 — May 2003
15.10 — December 2002
16.1 — January/February 2003
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
11.4 — July/August 1998
14.1 — January/February 2001
10.2 — Spring 1997
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Recovering the Spiritual Sense of the Scriptures
An Interview with Fr. Paul Quay, S.J.
book reviews
32.4 — July/August, 2019
Novel Conversion
Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard
by Cynthia L. Haven
A review by David K. Anderson
32.2 — March/April, 2019
Shortfall
Deeper Magic: The Theology Behind the Writings of C. S. Lewis by Donald T. Williams
A review by S. M. Hutchens
32.3 — May/June, 2019
Shame & Redemption
The Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch: A Christian's Companion for the Study of Islam
A review by Casey Chalk
32.2 — March/April, 2019
The Aura of Science
Flight from the Absolute: Cynical Observations on the Postmodern West, Volume II
by Paul Gosselin
A review by Louis Markos
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