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“. . . I cannot myself imagine a more fearful fate for our species than that they should so habituate themselves to their earthly circumstances as to be finally contented with them, or a more sublime one than that they should continue till the end of time to peer into the distance after the land that is very far off. . . .”
Jesus Rediscovered (1969)
Editor's Picks
25.3 — May/Jun 2012
Calls for Freedom, Democracy & Secularism End Up with None of the Above by Hunter Baker
JULY/AUGUST 2022
35:4 — july/august 2022
The Death Rattle of a Tradition
Contemporary Catholic Thinking on the Question of War by Andrew Latham
35:4 — july/august 2022
Christian Fidelity vs. the Sterile Conformity of the State by Allan C. Carlson
35:4 — july/august 2022
The World of Matter & Spirit United in Praise of Its Creator by Jonathan R. Bryan
35:4 — july/august 2022
A Good Reason for the Appearance of Tolkien's Obvious Misfit by C. R. Wiley
35:4 — july/august 2022
The Failure & Confusions of a More Accommodating Faith by R. V. Young
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from the archives on imagination (21 articles)
19.10—December 2006
Training Up a Child Requires a Well-Formed Imagination by David Mills
from the archives on family (86 articles)
32.1—January/February 2019
on Down Syndrome & the Lives That Matter by David F. Watson
23.1—January/February 2010
It’s Bent on Bringing Down the House on the Family & the Church by Douglas Farrow
current columns
From Heavenly Harmony
on classical music
35.4 — Jul/Aug 2022
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35.2 — Mar/Apr 2022
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35.3 — May/Jun 2022
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As It Is Written . . .
on the bible and theology
35.4 — Jul/Aug 2022
35.3 — May/Jun 2022
35.2 — Mar/Apr 2022
past columns
Book Returns
Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
(2005-2009)
19.2 — March 2006
22.3 — April 2009
Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
18.10 — December 2005
The Leading Edge
on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)
17.8 — October 2004
22.6 — July/August 2009
19.3 — April 2006
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
24.1 — January/February 2011
James Turner's Without God, Without Creed: The Origins of Unbelief in America
26.1 — Jan/Feb 2013
27.1 — Jan/Feb 2014
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
16.5 — June 2003
16.1 — January/February 2003
16.2 — March 2003
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
14.8 — October 2001
14.4 — May 2001
11.4 — July/August 1998
book reviews
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
A review by Guillermo Gonzalez
32.2 — March/April, 2019
Wake-Up Call
The Apocalypse: Warning, Hope & Consolation
by Michael D. O'Brien
A review by Jeffrey Wald
32.3 — May/June, 2019
Shame & Redemption
The Crucifix on Mecca's Front Porch: A Christian's Companion for the Study of Islam
A review by Casey Chalk
32.2 — March/April, 2019
The Aura of Science
Flight from the Absolute: Cynical Observations on the Postmodern West, Volume II
by Paul Gosselin
A review by Louis Markos
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