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The Choice Between Contemplation & Control of Nature by Nicholas E. Ziegenhagen
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St. Antony’s Guide to Resisting the Transhumanist Temptation by C. R. Wiley
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Reclaiming the Normal Path to Mature Adulthood by Anthony Esolen
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on Past & Present Atheism & the Invention of Happiness by Jordan Bissell
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Certain Death & the Last Lectures of Socrates & Jesus by Randall B. Smith
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29.3—May/June 2016
Our Choice Is Obedience or Jesus as Anti-Christ by Anthony Esolen
18.2—March 2005
On Conservatism as Vexation, Vanity & Near Impossibility by Graeme Hunter
30.6—Nov/Dec 2017
Christ, Individualism & the Meaning of Cultural Diversity by Anthony Esolen
current columns
From Heavenly Harmony
on classical music
38.1 — Jan/Feb 2025
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As It Is Written . . .
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38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025
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past columns
Book Returns
Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
(2005-2009)
19.3 — April 2006
38.3 — May/Jun 2025
19.1 — January/February 2006
The Leading Edge
on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)
26.3 — May/June 2013
16.2 — March 2003
25.4 — July/August 2012
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
22.7 — September/October 2009
26.3 — May/June 2013
Poetic Knowledge: The Recovery of Education by James S. Taylor
23.4 — July/August 2010
Nathan O. Hatch's The Democratization of American Christianity
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
15.7 — September 2002
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Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
9.3 — Summer 1996
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Interviews
Touchstone interviews with persons of interest
25.3 — May/Jun 2012
Prison Fellowship Founder Charles Colson's Final Mission for Christian Faith & Culture
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Recovering the Spiritual Sense of the Scriptures
An Interview with Fr. Paul Quay, S.J.
book reviews
38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025
Closing Argument
What Is Christianity? The Last Writings of Benedict XVI
A review by John R. Stephenson
38.4 — Jul/Aug, 2025
Art & Human Ends
Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts by Daniel McInerny
A review by Louise McCray
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
38.5 — Sept/Oct, 2025
The Scope of the Pope
Infallibility, Integrity and Obedience: The Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church, 1848–2023 by John M. Rist
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