july / august
39:4— jul/aug 2026
Seth D. Mitchell on Foolish Faith in Technological Salvation
39:4— jul/aug 2026
Christian Freedom in the Contest with Secularism by Douglas Farrow
conference videos (see all)
from the archives on philosophy (77 articles)
21.6—July/August 2008
Benedict XVI on the Crisis of Faith & Reason by Samuel Gregg
from the archives on culture (307 articles)
22.3—April 2009
Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by J. Daryl Charles
current columns
From Heavenly Harmony
on classical music
38.1 — Jan/Feb 2025
37.6 — Nov/Dec 2024
37.5 — Sept/Oct 2024
on works of Christian art
39.4 — Jul/Aug 2026
39.3 — May/Jun 2026
39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026
on books for children
39.3 — May/Jun 2026
39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026
38.5 — Sept/Oct 2025
As It Is Written . . .
on the bible and theology
39.4 — Jul/Aug 2026
39.3 — May/Jun 2026
39.2 — Mar/Apr 2026
past columns
Book Returns
Touchstone looks back at recent "classics"
(2005-2009)
19.7 — September 2006
22.3 — April 2009
Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
18.7 — September 2005
The Leading Edge
on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)
14.4 — May 2001
26.5 — Sept/Oct 2013
14.6 — July/August 2001
Contours of Culture
on books & the spirit of the age
(2009-2014)
24.6 — Nov/Dec 2011
A. J. Conyers's The Long Truce: How Toleration Made the World Safe for Power and Profit
23.5 — September/October 2010
26.2 — Mar/Apr 2013
The Matter at Hand
on events of the day
(2002–2005)
15.4 — May 2002
15.10 — December 2002
18.1 — January/February 2005
Practical Christianity
pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)
6.2 — Spring 1993
15.1 — January/February 2002
14.1 — January/February 2001
book reviews
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
A review by Alexander T. Riley
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
38.3 — May/Jun, 2025
Down But Not Out
Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream by Timothy S. Goeglein
A review by Allan C. Carlson
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