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
conference videos (see all)
from the archives on philosophy (76 articles)
33.4—July/August 2020
on Boethius's Consolation in a Time of Plague by Thomas Albert Howard
from the archives on culture (301 articles)
20.7—September 2007
Paul Didn’t Build Bridges to Popular Culture by Russell D. Moore
34.1—January/February 2021
What the World Needs Now It Hardly Knows 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)
18.8 — October 2005
22.3 — April 2009
Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
19.1 — January/February 2006
The Leading Edge
on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)
16.2 — March 2003
21.8 — October 2008
22.6 — July/August 2009
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
24.3 — May/June 2011
Gilbert Meilaender's The Taste for the Other: The Social and Ethical Thought of C. S. Lewis
25.2 — March/April 2012
Craig Gay's The Way of the (Modern) World: Or, Why It's Tempting to Live As If God Doesn't Exist
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
16.5 — June 2003
15.3 — April 2002
16.1 — January/February 2003
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
14.1 — January/February 2001
12.2 — March/April 1999
15.7 — September 2002
Interviews
Touchstone interviews with persons of interest
17.6 — July/August 2004
An conversation with William A. Dembski, Phillip E. Johnson, Jed Macosko, Paul Nelson, Edward Sisson, Richard Weikart, and Jonathan Witt About the Past, Present & Future of Darwinism & Design
book reviews
38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025
Butler’s Lies
Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
A review by Alexander T. Riley
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
38.2 — 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
A review by Louise McCray
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