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)

25.6—Nov/Dec 2012

Clashing Symbols

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

32.5—September/October 2019

Looking for Jacobs

Some Trivial Thoughts on the Study of Philosophy by Graeme Hunter

from the archives on culture (301 articles)

6.1—Winter 1993

Civilization Without Religion?

by Russell Kirk

32.5—September/October 2019

Must Say No

on When Christians Can't Compromise by Joshua Steely

30.6—Nov/Dec 2017

The Greatness Commission

Christ, Individualism & the Meaning of Cultural Diversity by Anthony Esolen

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)

(See all)

The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

14.8 — October 2001

The Ghost in My Machine

14.6 — July/August 2001

History & Strange Reversals

(See all)

The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

16.1 — January/February 2003

Man Is a Wolf to Man

15.10 — December 2002

Cubist Scripture

15.6 — July/August 2002

Love for the Fatherland

(See all)

Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

15.1 — January/February 2002

Not Caesar?s Icon

14.2 — March 2001

Bearing Virtue

(See all)

Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

27.4 — July/August 2014

The Art & Craft of Shakespeare

An Interview with Peter Leithart

8.3 — Summer 1995

Turning Hearts to the Fathers Part I

A Conversation With Thomas C. Oden

15.8 — October 2002

Darwin as Epicurean

An Interview with Benjamin Wiker

(See all)

book reviews

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

38.5 — Sept/Oct, 2025

The Scope of the Pope
Infallibility, Integrity and Obedience: The Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church, 1848–2023 by John M. Rist
A review by William J. Tighe

38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025

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

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

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