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39:2— mar/apr 2026
Progress & the Pursuit of Unhappiness by J. Douglas Johnson
39:2— mar/apr 2026
The Minstrel of Millennial Narcissism
Taylor Swift & the Subversion of Musical Arts by R. V. Young
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Certain Death & the Last Lectures of Socrates & Jesus by Randall B. Smith
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32.6—November/December 2019
Historical Truth, Beguiling Stories & Three Kinds of Hearers by Anthony Esolen
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From Heavenly Harmony
on classical music
38.1 — Jan/Feb 2025
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As It Is Written . . .
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Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
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The Leading Edge
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19.3 — April 2006
24.4 — July/August 2011
15.10 — December 2002
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
25.5 — Sept/Oct 2012
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology by Eugene Peterson
24.4 — July/August 2011
The Matter at Hand
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15.3 — April 2002
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Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
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7.3 — Summer 1994
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Recovering the Spiritual Sense of the Scriptures
An Interview with Fr. Paul Quay, S.J.
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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
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
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