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)
32.5—September/October 2019
Some Trivial Thoughts on the Study of Philosophy by Graeme Hunter
from the archives on culture (301 articles)
22.3—April 2009
Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by J. Daryl Charles
33.1—January/February 2020
Do You Know Your Child’s Doctor?
The Politicization of Pediatrics in America by Alexander F. C. Webster
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)
19.9 — November 2006
22.3 — April 2009
Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
38.3 — May/Jun 2025
The Leading Edge
on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)
26.3 — May/June 2013
16.4 — May 2003
18.6 — Nov/Dec 2005
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
27.1 — Jan/Feb 2014
26.2 — Mar/Apr 2013
23.1 — January/February 2010
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
16.3 — April 2003
15.7 — September 2002
15.8 — October 2002
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
6.1 — Winter 1993
7.2 — Spring 1994
10.4 — Fall 1997
Interviews
Touchstone interviews with persons of interest
26.3 — May/June 2013
Jonathan V. Last on Faith, Hope & the Coming Population Implosion
4.2 — Special Issue: The Bible 1991
Recovering the Spiritual Sense of the Scriptures
An Interview with Fr. Paul Quay, S.J.
book reviews
38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025
Closing Argument
What Is Christianity? The Last Writings of Benedict XVI
A review by John R. Stephenson
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
38.6 — 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
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