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“. . . The real crisis has scarcely begun. We will have to count on terrific upheavals. But I am equally certain about what will remain at the end: not the Church of the political cult, which is dead already, but the Church of faith. It may well no longer be the dominant social power to the extent that she was until recently; but it will enjoy a fresh blossoming and be seen as man's home, where he will find life and hope beyond death. . . .”
German radio broadcast, Christmas Day, 1969
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How to Restore & Transcend the Middle Ages
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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
19.10—December 2006
Training Up a Child Requires a Well-Formed Imagination by David Mills
from the archives on family (82 articles)
33.2—March/April 2020
Christian Pro-Family Governments?
Old & New Lessons from Europe—from the 2019 Touchstone Conference by Allan C. Carlson
23.1—January/February 2010
It’s Bent on Bringing Down the House on the Family & the Church by Douglas Farrow
34.1—January/February 2021
Jesus' Astonishing Other Teaching on Marriage by James Ware
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Illuminations
on Christian hymns
34.6 — November/December 2021
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From Heavenly Harmony
on classical music
34.6 — November/December 2021
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34.4 — July/August 2021
on works of Christian art
34.6 — November/December 2021
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34.4 — July/August 2021
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Mortal Remains
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34.6 — November/December 2021
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As It Is Written . . .
on the bible and theology
34.6 — November/December 2021
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Book Returns
Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
(2005-2009)
21.6 — July/August 2008
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The Leading Edge
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(2001–2013)
16.10 — December 2003
16.2 — March 2003
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Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
22.6 — July/August 2009
25.5 — Sept/Oct 2012
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology by Eugene Peterson
22.8 — November/December 2009
Todd Gitlin's Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
15.7 — September 2002
15.3 — April 2002
15.6 — July/August 2002
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
8.2 — Spring 1995
13.4 — May 2000
17.3 — April 2004
Interviews
Touchstone interviews with persons of interest
17.6 — July/August 2004
An conversation with William A. Dembski, Phillip E. Johnson, Jed Macosko, Paul Nelson, Edward Sisson, Richard Weikart, and Jonathan Witt About the Past, Present & Future of Darwinism & Design
book reviews
32.5 — September/October, 2019
Healing East & West
The Orthodox Reality: Culture, Theology, and Ethics in the Modern World
by Vigen Guroian
A review by John G. Panagiotou
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
32.6 — November/December, 2019
Stargazers' Log
Chronicling the Golden Age of Astronomy: A History of Visual Observing from Harriot to Moore
by Neil English
A review by Guillermo Gonzalez
32.2 — March/April, 2019
Wake-Up Call
The Apocalypse: Warning, Hope & Consolation
by Michael D. O'Brien
A review by Jeffrey Wald
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