july / august

Miracles of Completion

39:4— jul/aug 2026

Miracles of Completion

Why We Will Walk on Water by Hans Boersma

America’s Transcendent Tether

39:4— jul/aug 2026

America’s Transcendent Tether

A Semiquincentennial Requiem by Duane Litfin

The Daedalus Delusion

39:4— jul/aug 2026

The Daedalus Delusion

Seth D. Mitchell on Foolish Faith in Technological Salvation

Minority Report

39:4— jul/aug 2026

Minority Report

Christian Freedom in the Contest with Secularism by Douglas Farrow

Pride & Incorrigibility

39:4— jul/aug 2026

Pride & Incorrigibility

How to Save the World from Itself by Anthony Esolen

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 (77 articles)

21.6—July/August 2008

The European Disunion

Benedict XVI on the Crisis of Faith & Reason by Samuel Gregg

29.5—Sept/Oct 2016

The True Atheist Myth

on Past & Present Atheism & the Invention of Happiness by Jordan Bissell

from the archives on culture (307 articles)

33.4—July/August 2020

No Option

Clear Out the Rubble & Rebuild! by Anthony Esolen

34.1—January/February 2021

Jeremiah Revisited

Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher by Hans Boersma

30.6—Nov/Dec 2017

The Greatness Commission

Christ, Individualism & the Meaning of Cultural Diversity by Anthony Esolen

current columns

Illuminations

by Anthony Esolen

on Christian hymns

39.4 — Jul/Aug 2026

The Springs of Baptism

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

Building & Unbuilding

39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026

Give Me Crosses

(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

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A Thousand Words

by Mary Elizabeth Podles

on works of Christian art

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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

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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

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As It Is Written . . .

by Patrick Henry Reardon

on the bible and theology

39.4 — Jul/Aug 2026

The Prayer of Eleazar

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

David & the Giant

39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026

Wisdom from the Netherworld

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past columns

Book Returns

by various authors

Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
(2005-2009)

18.10 — December 2005

Ivan Illich's Deschooling Society

(See all)

The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

15.6 — July/August 2002

Right Sacrifice

21.4 — May 2008

Science Futures

16.6 — July/August 2003

Uncle Tom's Victory

(See all)

Contours of Culture

by Ken Myers

on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)

23.5 — September/October 2010

The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis

23.1 — January/February 2010

Richard Weaver's Ideas Have Consequences

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The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

16.3 — April 2003

Choosing Truth or Power

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Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

7.1 — Winter 1994

A Different Mind

13.9 — November 2000

Petrified Intellects

8.1 — Winter 1995

Modesty & Modernity

(See all)

Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

12.6 — November/December 1999

Backyard Apologetics

An Interview with Charles Colson

25.3 — May/Jun 2012

The Centurion

Prison Fellowship Founder Charles Colson's Final Mission for Christian Faith & Culture

27.4 — July/August 2014

The Art & Craft of Shakespeare

An Interview with Peter Leithart

(See all)

book reviews

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

38.3 — 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

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

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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