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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33.4—July/August 2020
on Boethius's Consolation in a Time of Plague by Thomas Albert Howard
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34.1—January/February 2021
What the World Needs Now It Hardly Knows by Anthony Esolen
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From Heavenly Harmony
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As It Is Written . . .
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Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
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The Leading Edge
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17.8 — October 2004
22.2 — March 2009
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Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
25.5 — Sept/Oct 2012
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology by Eugene Peterson
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The Matter at Hand
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(2002–2005)
15.5 — June 2002
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Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
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10.4 — Fall 1997
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26.3 — May/June 2013
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Art & Human Ends
Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts by Daniel McInerny
A review by Louise McCray
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
38.2 — 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
Butler’s Lies
Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
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