march / april

Open Our Eyes

39:2— mar/apr 2026

Open Our Eyes

J. Budziszewski on a Vaccine for the Pandemic of Lunacy

Things Fall Apart

39:2— mar/apr 2026

Things Fall Apart

Alexander T. Riley on Negotiating the Walk Toward Our End

Desiring a Lesser Country

39:2— mar/apr 2026

Desiring a Lesser Country

Progress & the Pursuit of Unhappiness by J. Douglas Johnson

The Minstrel of Millennial Narcissism

39:2— mar/apr 2026

The Minstrel of Millennial Narcissism

Taylor Swift & the Subversion of Musical Arts by R. V. Young

Set Out into Deep Waters

39:2— mar/apr 2026

On Our Faces

A Faithful Church Is a Trembling Church by Ronald Moore

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)

32.5—September/October 2019

Looking for Jacobs

Some Trivial Thoughts on the Study of Philosophy by Graeme Hunter

24.2—March/April 2011

Our Numbered Days

Certain Death & the Last Lectures of Socrates & Jesus by Randall B. Smith

from the archives on culture (301 articles)

33.1—January/February 2020

Do You Know Your Child’s Doctor?

The Politicization of Pediatrics in America by Alexander F. C. Webster

31.6—November/December 2018

Virtue Gone Mad

Victimhood Culture Scapegoats Its Very Source by Michael P. Foley

29.3—May/June 2016

The Master's Voice

Our Choice Is Obedience or Jesus as Anti-Christ by Anthony Esolen

current columns

Illuminations

by Anthony Esolen

on Christian hymns

39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026

Give Me Crosses

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

Filled with the Savior

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Four Feasts

(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

39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026

A Great Work for God

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

Final Words on Preaching

(See all)

As It Is Written . . .

by Patrick Henry Reardon

on the bible and theology

39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026

Wisdom from the Netherworld

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

The Structure of the Fall

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Joshua & the Holy Land

(See all)

past columns

Book Returns

by various authors

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

(See all)

The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

16.8 — October 2003

The African Century?

19.7 — September 2006

Getting Over Dover

26.3 — May/June 2013

A Doubting Thomas

(See all)

The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

16.3 — April 2003

Choosing Truth or Power

15.3 — April 2002

The Ring of Terror

(See all)

Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

7.3 — Summer 1994

Outside the Turmoil of Men

17.3 — April 2004

The Lost Art of Mercy

11.5 — September/October 1998

Practicing Wisdom

(See all)

Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

8.3 — Summer 1995

Turning Hearts to the Fathers Part I

A Conversation With Thomas C. Oden

25.3 — May/Jun 2012

The Centurion

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

37.5 — Sept/Oct 2024

A Faithful Knowledge

A Conversation with Stephen C. Meyer

(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

38.6 — 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

38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025

Divinely Detailed
All Things Are Full of Gods by David Bentley Hart
A review by Charles Carman

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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