january / february

Knot Now

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Knot Now

Brad Wilcox & Grant Bailey on the Case for Twenty-Something Marriages

Camp Mystic

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Camp Mystic

A Meditation on Childhood, Suffering & Longing by Sarah Winter

Male Pattern Boldness

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Male Pattern Boldness

Restoring Masculinity Outside the Feminist Frame by Mark Perkins

Nothing Personal

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Nothing Personal

Sexual Functionalism & Promiscuous Habits in Tolstoy's The Devil by Michial Farmer

Set Out into Deep Waters

39:1 — jan/feb 2026

Set Out into Deep Waters

Daring to Seek Meaning & Magnificence by Anthony Esolen

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

21.6—July/August 2008

The European Disunion

Benedict XVI on the Crisis of Faith & Reason by Samuel Gregg

from the archives on culture (298 articles)

18.2—March 2005

Long Shadows of Eden

On Conservatism as Vexation, Vanity & Near Impossibility by Graeme Hunter

32.5—September/October 2019

Must Say No

on When Christians Can't Compromise by Joshua Steely

22.3—April 2009

Wasted by Watching

Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by J. Daryl Charles

current columns

Illuminations

by Anthony Esolen

on Christian hymns

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

Filled with the Savior

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Four Feasts

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Hymns of Creation

(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

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

Final Words on Preaching

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

Vanity & the Work of the Cobbler

(See all)

As It Is Written . . .

by Patrick Henry Reardon

on the bible and theology

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

The Structure of the Fall

38.6 — Nov/Dec 2025

Joshua & the Holy Land

38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025

A Persian Parody

(See all)

past columns

Book Returns

by various authors

Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
(2005-2009)

18.10 — December 2005

Ivan Illich's Deschooling Society

18.8 — October 2005

Jack Kerouac's On the Road

(See all)

The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

18.6 — Nov/Dec 2005

Religious War & Peace

21.6 — July/August 2008

Harboring Homeschoolers

19.7 — September 2006

Getting Over Dover

(See all)

Contours of Culture

by Ken Myers

on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)

22.7 — September/October 2009

Jacques Barzun's The Use and Abuse of Art

(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

16.3 — April 2003

Choosing Truth or Power

15.6 — July/August 2002

Love for the Fatherland

(See all)

Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

13.8 — October 2000

The Sin of Self-Esteem

14.5 — June 2001

On Shamefulness

17.3 — April 2004

The Lost Art of Mercy

(See all)

Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

26.3 — May/June 2013

Whispers of Doom

Jonathan V. Last on Faith, Hope & the Coming Population Implosion

14.4 — May 2001

Latvia Revived

Archbishop Janis Vanags on Finding & Keeping the Faith in Post-Soviet Latvia

24.2 — March/April 2011

Courage & Conversion

An Interview with Hadley Arkes

(See all)

book reviews

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

38.2 — Mar/Apr, 2025

Closing Argument
What Is Christianity? The Last Writings of Benedict XVI
A review by John R. Stephenson

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

38.4 — Jul/Aug, 2025

Art & Human Ends
Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts by Daniel McInerny
A review by Louise McCray

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