september / october

Faulty Connection

39:5— sept/oct 2026

Faulty Connection

A.M.H. on Artificial Voices & the Loss of Human Interaction

Pilgrims, Not Tourists

39:5— sept/oct 2026

Pilgrims, Not Tourists

A (Sort of) Argument for Christendom by Rod Dreher

No Profit, All Loss

39:5— sept/oct 2026

No Profit, All Loss

The Humanity Lost When Our Ends Are Denied by Anthony Esolen

Mystery Man

39:5— sept/oct 2026

Mystery Man

Thomas Albert Howard on the Sublime & Helpful Theology of Pseudo-Dionysius

The Chapel at the End of the Earth

39:5— sept/oct 2026

The Chapel at the End of the Earth

Andrei Romanov on Christian Europe’s First & Last Resort

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 (77 articles)

16.4—May 2003

Common Sense

Chesterton & the Aristotelian Tradition by Patrick Henry Reardon

21.6—July/August 2008

The European Disunion

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

from the archives on culture (309 articles)

33.4—July/August 2020

No Option

Clear Out the Rubble & Rebuild! by Anthony Esolen

18.2—March 2005

Long Shadows of Eden

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

19.4—May 2006

Liberalism as Religion

The Culture War Is Between Religious Believers on Both Sides by Howard P. Kainz

current columns

Illuminations

by Anthony Esolen

on Christian hymns

39.5 — Sept/Oct 2026

Hope, the Little Girl

39.4 — Jul/Aug 2026

The Springs of Baptism

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

Building & Unbuilding

(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

39.5 — Sept/Oct 2026

Books About Dreams

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

North Africa—Fiction

39.1 — Jan/Feb 2026

North Africa

(See all)

Mortal Remains

by S. M. Hutchens

on theology and culture

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

Dreams of Gerontius

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

39.5 — Sept/Oct 2026

Horse Sense

39.4 — Jul/Aug 2026

The Prayer of Eleazar

39.3 — May/Jun 2026

David & the Giant

(See all)

past columns

Book Returns

by various authors

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

18.8 — October 2005

Jack Kerouac's On the Road

19.1 — January/February 2006

Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique

(See all)

The Leading Edge

by Phillip E. Johnson

on intelligent design & culture
(2001–2013)

14.10 — December 2001

Back Home in Mitford

21.10 — December 2008

Creating a Stir

15.6 — July/August 2002

Right Sacrifice

(See all)

Contours of Culture

by Ken Myers

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

27.1 — Jan/Feb 2014

George MacDonald & Phantastes

23.5 — September/October 2010

The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis

(See all)

The Matter at Hand

by Leon J. Podles

on events of the day
(2002–2005)

18.1 — January/February 2005

Empty Spaces of the Word

15.7 — September 2002

Disaster Canada

15.4 — May 2002

Flying High at Trinity

(See all)

Practical Christianity

by Thomas S. Buchanan

pondering the Christian life
(1993–2004)

7.1 — Winter 1994

A Different Mind

6.3 — Summer 1993

Christian Community

15.9 — November 2002

Uncompassionate Conservatism

(See all)

Interviews

by various authors

Touchstone interviews with persons of interest

13.6 — July/August 2000

Swedish Dissent

Life as an Orthodox Churchman in the Church of Sweden: An interview with Dag Sandahl

12.6 — November/December 1999

Backyard Apologetics

An Interview with Charles Colson

23.2 — March/April 2010

Bioethics & Dignity

A Q&A with Gilbert Meilaender

(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

38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025

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

38.1 — Jan/Feb, 2025

Butler’s Lies
Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
A review by Alexander T. Riley

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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