november / december

The Priest & the Magician

38:6 — nov/dec 2025

The Priest & the Magician

The Choice Between Contemplation & Control of Nature by Nicholas E. Ziegenhagen

Making the Best of Dystopia

38:6 — nov/dec 2025

Making the Best of Dystopia

St. Antony’s Guide to Resisting the Transhumanist Temptation by C. R. Wiley

The Riddles of God

38:6 — nov/dec 2025

The Riddles of God

Rebecca Sicree on Hunting the Hidden Things of Christmas

Prodigious Adolescence

38:6 — nov/dec 2025

Prodigious Adolescence

Reclaiming the Normal Path to Mature Adulthood by Anthony Esolen

The Trinitarian Factor

38:6 — nov/dec 2025

The Trinitarian Factor

Joshua Steely on the Key to Cultural Recovery

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 (75 articles)

32.5—September/October 2019

Looking for Jacobs

Some Trivial Thoughts on the Study of Philosophy by Graeme Hunter

25.6—Nov/Dec 2012

Clashing Symbols

The Loss of Aristotelian Logic & the Social, Moral & Sexual Consequences by Peter Kreeft

from the archives on culture (292 articles)

31.6—November/December 2018

Virtue Gone Mad

Victimhood Culture Scapegoats Its Very Source by Michael P. Foley

19.4—May 2006

Liberalism as Religion

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

31.2—March/April 2018

Millennial Mission

The Transmission of Christianity Is Not a New Task by Nathanael Devlin

current columns

Illuminations

by Anthony Esolen

on Christian hymns

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Four Feasts

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Hymns of Creation

38.4 — Jul/Aug 2025

The Forgotten Mode

(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

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First Books

by Kathie Johnson

on books for children

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Reading About the Holocaust

38.3 — May/Jun 2025

North/Central Europe—Fiction

38.1 — Jan/Feb 2025

North-Central Europe

(See all)

Mortal Remains

by S. M. Hutchens

on theology and culture

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Vanity & the Work of the Cobbler

38.4 — Jul/Aug 2025

The Three Tests

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As It Is Written . . .

by Patrick Henry Reardon

on the bible and theology

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Joshua & the Holy Land

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

A Persian Parody

38.4 — Jul/Aug 2025

Second Thoughts on Saul

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past columns

Book Returns

by various authors

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

18.7 — September 2005

Harvey Cox's The Secular City

(See all)

The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

19.7 — September 2006

Getting Over Dover

21.8 — October 2008

Title-Nining Hard Science

21.10 — December 2008

Creating a Stir

(See all)

Contours of Culture

by Ken Myers

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

23.1 — January/February 2010

Richard Weaver's Ideas Have Consequences

(See all)

The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

15.10 — December 2002

Cubist Scripture

18.1 — January/February 2005

Empty Spaces of the Word

(See all)

Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

10.3 — Summer 1997

Worthy of the Name

7.2 — Spring 1994

The Chief Sinner

13.1 — January/February 2000

Waste of Time

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Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

28.5 — Sept/Oct 2015

The Gospel Out of Egypt

Bishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Church

15.5 — June 2002

Berkeley’s Radical

An Interview with Phillip E. Johnson

22.8 — November/December 2009

Remains of the Swedes

An Interview with Bishop Göran Beijer of the Mission Province of the Church of Sweden

(See all)

book reviews

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
A review by William J. Tighe

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

38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025

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

38.6 — 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

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