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)

33.4—July/August 2020

Pondering Evil

on Boethius's Consolation in a Time of Plague by Thomas Albert Howard

25.6—Nov/Dec 2012

Clashing Symbols

The Loss of Aristotelian Logic & the Social, Moral & Sexual Consequences by Peter Kreeft

from the archives on culture (301 articles)

32.2—March/April 2019

The Mimetic Bachelor

Reality Shows, Even in a Popular TV Series by C. E. Smith

35.2—Mar/Apr 2022

Say Something

on Fatigued Christians Deciding to Engage the Culture by Keith Lowery

31.6—November/December 2018

Virtue Gone Mad

Victimhood Culture Scapegoats Its Very Source by Michael P. Foley

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)

18.10 — December 2005

Ivan Illich's Deschooling Society

18.8 — October 2005

Jack Kerouac's On the Road

(See all)

The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

17.10 — December 2004

Casualties of the Drug Lords

18.2 — March 2005

The Power of Joan

(See all)

The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

16.5 — June 2003

Naples & New Towns

16.3 — April 2003

Choosing Truth or Power

(See all)

Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

15.6 — July/August 2002

Not So Cheap

17.9 — November 2004

Springs Eternal

13.4 — May 2000

Ecclesiastical Math

(See all)

Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

12.2 — March/April 1999

A Novelist Looks at Faith & Fiction

An Interview with Susan Howatch

37.5 — Sept/Oct 2024

A Faithful Knowledge

A Conversation with Stephen C. Meyer

15.8 — October 2002

Darwin as Epicurean

An Interview with Benjamin Wiker

(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

38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025

Closing Argument
What Is Christianity? The Last Writings of Benedict XVI
A review by John R. Stephenson

38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025

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

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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