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)

29.5—Sept/Oct 2016

The True Atheist Myth

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

32.6—November/December 2019

God Fearers

An Open Letter to Christian Readers of Jordan Peterson & Roger Scruton by James Bryson

from the archives on culture (292 articles)

34.1—January/February 2021

Jeremiah Revisited

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

31.2—March/April 2018

Millennial Mission

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

22.3—April 2009

Wasted by Watching

Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by J. Daryl Charles

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

(See all)

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

(See all)

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

(See all)

past columns

Book Returns

by various authors

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

19.1 — January/February 2006

Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique

(See all)

The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

14.2 — March 2001

Faith Squandered

16.4 — May 2003

Ya Gotta Believe!

25.2 — March/April 2012

Peace-Seeking Muslims

(See all)

The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

16.5 — June 2003

Naples & New Towns

16.1 — January/February 2003

Man Is a Wolf to Man

15.6 — July/August 2002

Love for the Fatherland

(See all)

Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

14.7 — September 2001

The Cardinal Virtue of Prudence

7.1 — Winter 1994

A Different Mind

13.9 — November 2000

Petrified Intellects

(See all)

Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

15.10 — December 2002

Pondering Anglican Woes

An Interview with J. I. Packer

26.3 — May/June 2013

Whispers of Doom

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

14.1 — January/February 2001

Woman on A Mission

Elisabeth Elliot on Missions, Youth, Men & Women

(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

38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025

Butler’s Lies
Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
A review by Alexander T. Riley

38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025

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

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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