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The Choice Between Contemplation & Control of Nature by Nicholas E. Ziegenhagen
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St. Antony’s Guide to Resisting the Transhumanist Temptation by C. R. Wiley
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Reclaiming the Normal Path to Mature Adulthood by Anthony Esolen
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The Loss of Aristotelian Logic & the Social, Moral & Sexual Consequences by Peter Kreeft
from the archives on culture (292 articles)
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Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher by Hans Boersma
29.3—May/June 2016
Our Choice Is Obedience or Jesus as Anti-Christ by Anthony Esolen
current columns
From Heavenly Harmony
on classical music
38.1 — Jan/Feb 2025
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on works of Christian art
39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026
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39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026
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As It Is Written . . .
on the bible and theology
39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026
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past columns
Book Returns
Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
(2005-2009)
18.8 — October 2005
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19.7 — September 2006
The Leading Edge
on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)
15.8 — October 2002
20.6 — July/August 2007
18.8 — October 2005
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
26.6 — Nov/Dec 2013
Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry by Hans Boersma
27.2 — March/April 2014
Calvin Stapert's A New Song for an Old World: Musical Thought in the Early Church
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
15.9 — November 2002
16.3 — April 2003
16.4 — May 2003
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
17.9 — November 2004
6.4 — Fall 1993
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Interviews
Touchstone interviews with persons of interest
26.3 — May/June 2013
Jonathan V. Last on Faith, Hope & the Coming Population Implosion
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
38.3 — 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
38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025
Closing Argument
What Is Christianity? The Last Writings of Benedict XVI
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