january / february

Knot Now

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Knot Now

Brad Wilcox & Grant Bailey on the Case for Twenty-Something Marriages

Camp Mystic

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Camp Mystic

A Meditation on Childhood, Suffering & Longing by Sarah Winter

Male Pattern Boldness

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Male Pattern Boldness

Restoring Masculinity Outside the Feminist Frame by Mark Perkins

Nothing Personal

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Nothing Personal

Sexual Functionalism & Promiscuous Habits in Tolstoy's The Devil by Michial Farmer

Set Out into Deep Waters

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Set Out into Deep Waters

Daring to Seek Meaning & Magnificence 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 (76 articles)

29.4—July/August 2016

The Very Idea

on Anselm's God & the Virtue of Existing  by Tara L. Jernigan

21.6—July/August 2008

The European Disunion

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

from the archives on culture (298 articles)

18.2—March 2005

Long Shadows of Eden

On Conservatism as Vexation, Vanity & Near Impossibility by Graeme Hunter

19.4—May 2006

Liberalism as Religion

The Culture War Is Between Religious Believers on Both Sides by Howard P. Kainz

33.4—July/August 2020

No Option

Clear Out the Rubble & Rebuild! by Anthony Esolen

current columns

Illuminations

by Anthony Esolen

on Christian hymns

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

Filled with the Savior

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Four Feasts

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Hymns of Creation

(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

(See all)

A Thousand Words

by Mary Elizabeth Podles

on works of Christian art

(See all)

First Books

by Kathie Johnson

on books for children

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

North Africa

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Reading About the Holocaust

38.3 — May/Jun 2025

North/Central Europe—Fiction

(See all)

Mortal Remains

by S. M. Hutchens

on theology and culture

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

Final Words on Preaching

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Vanity & the Work of the Cobbler

(See all)

As It Is Written . . .

by Patrick Henry Reardon

on the bible and theology

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

The Structure of the Fall

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Joshua & the Holy Land

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

A Persian Parody

(See all)

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)

16.10 — December 2003

Mothballed Science

16.1 — January/February 2003

A Step Forward in Ohio

15.6 — July/August 2002

Right Sacrifice

(See all)

The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

16.5 — June 2003

Naples & New Towns

15.4 — May 2002

Flying High at Trinity

(See all)

Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

14.7 — September 2001

The Cardinal Virtue of Prudence

13.3 — April 2000

Indescribable Happiness

6.4 — Fall 1993

The Ascetic Christian

(See all)

Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

4.2 — Special Issue: The Bible 1991

Recovering the Spiritual Sense of the Scriptures

An Interview with Fr. Paul Quay, S.J.

25.3 — May/Jun 2012

The Centurion

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

26.3 — May/June 2013

Whispers of Doom

Jonathan V. Last on Faith, Hope & the Coming Population Implosion

(See all)

book reviews

38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025

Closing Argument
What Is Christianity? The Last Writings of Benedict XVI
A review by John R. Stephenson

38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025

Our One Faith
Light from Light: A Theological Reflection on the Nicene Creed by Robert Barron
A review by Mike Schramm

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

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