march / april
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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from the archives on philosophy (76 articles)
25.6—Nov/Dec 2012
The Loss of Aristotelian Logic & the Social, Moral & Sexual Consequences by Peter Kreeft
29.5—Sept/Oct 2016
on Past & Present Atheism & the Invention of Happiness by Jordan Bissell
from the archives on culture (301 articles)
34.1—January/February 2021
Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher by Hans Boersma
30.6—Nov/Dec 2017
Christ, Individualism & the Meaning of Cultural Diversity by Anthony Esolen
current columns
From Heavenly Harmony
on classical music
38.1 — Jan/Feb 2025
37.6 — Nov/Dec 2024
37.5 — Sept/Oct 2024
on works of Christian art
39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026
39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026
38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025
on books for children
39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026
38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025
38.3 — May/Jun 2025
As It Is Written . . .
on the bible and theology
39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026
39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026
38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025
past columns
Book Returns
Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
(2005-2009)
19.10 — December 2006
19.2 — March 2006
The Leading Edge
on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)
24.4 — July/August 2011
20.2 — March 2007
17.8 — October 2004
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
26.3 — May/June 2013
Poetic Knowledge: The Recovery of Education by James S. Taylor
24.2 — March/April 2011
Colin Gunton's Enlightenment and Alienation: An Essay Towards a Trinitarian Theology
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
16.5 — June 2003
17.7 — September 2004
15.7 — September 2002
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
8.2 — Spring 1995
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11.1 — January/February 1998
Interviews
Touchstone interviews with persons of interest
13.6 — July/August 2000
Life as an Orthodox Churchman in the Church of Sweden: An interview with Dag Sandahl
book reviews
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
38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025
Butler’s Lies
Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
A review by Alexander T. Riley
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
38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025
Divinely Detailed
All Things Are Full of Gods by David Bentley Hart
A review by Charles Carman
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