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“. . . A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. . . .”
(1973)
Editor's Picks
24.1 — January/February 2011
How Planned Parenthood's Founder Played the Christians, and Won by Allan C. Carlson
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34:3 — may/june 2021
Liberalism & the Ancient Enemy of Our Children by Allan C. Carlson
34:3— may/june 2021
Race, Religion & Reconciliation
Reflections on the Present American Moment
by J. Daryl Charles
34:3 — may/june 2021
Kevin Raedy on Why a Christ Without Miracles Is Safely Ignored
34:3 — may/june 2021
An Ancient TV Guide Suggests a Program for Today's Choices by Anthony Esolen
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18.4—May 2005
The Idylls, Idols & Devils That Corrupt the Moral Imagination by Vigen Guroian
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32.1—January/February 2019
on Down Syndrome & the Lives That Matter by David F. Watson
32.4—July/August 2019
Today's Culture Wars Are Both Ancient & Modern by Allan C. Carlson
31.5—September/October 2018
Errands into the Moral Wilderness
Forms of Christian Family Witness & Renewal by Allan C. Carlson
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Illuminations
on Christian hymns
34.3 — May/June 2021
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From Heavenly Harmony
on classical music
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34.1 — January/February 2021
on works of Christian art
34.3 — May/June 2021
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Mortal Remains
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34.3 — May/June 2021
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As It Is Written . . .
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Book Returns
Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
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19.9 — November 2006
19.3 — April 2006
The Leading Edge
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(2001–2013)
20.4 — May 2007
18.2 — March 2005
14.8 — October 2001
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
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)
15.7 — September 2002
16.4 — May 2003
15.3 — April 2002
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
11.5 — September/October 1998
13.9 — November 2000
17.1 — January/February 2004
Interviews
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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
32.2 — March/April, 2019
Wake-Up Call
The Apocalypse: Warning, Hope & Consolation
by Michael D. O'Brien
A review by Jeffrey Wald
32.6 — November/December, 2019
Strategic Christians
The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis
by Alan Jacobs
A review by Jesse Russell
32.4 — July/August, 2019
Novel Conversion
Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard
by Cynthia L. Haven
A review by David K. Anderson
32.6 — November/December, 2019
Stargazers' Log
Chronicling the Golden Age of Astronomy: A History of Visual Observing from Harriot to Moore
by Neil English
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