Launched in 1986, Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity, has become a highly-respected forum for Protestant, Catholic, and orthodox Christians. it was founded to provide a place where Christians of various backgrounds can speak on the basis of shared beliefs in the fundamental doctrines of the faith as revealed in holy scripture and summarized in the ancient creeds of the Church.
This collection of eighteen articles published in Touchstone between 1998 and 2011 is our second anthology.
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Prayer & the Work of God
Reflections on the Daily Office & the Prayer of the Heart
by Robert Louis Wilken
The Fairy-Tale God
Truth & Deceit in Children’s Fiction
by S. M. Hutchens
Disinheriting the Wind
A Closer Look at the Scopes Trial
by Robert P. George
Missing Fathers of the Church
The Feminization of the Church & the Need for Christian Fatherhood
by Leon J. Podles
A Cardinal Virtue Quartet
The Four Fundamental Characteristics of a Virtuous Person
by Thomas S. Buchanan
Mastery’s Shadow
Modern Medicine & the Human Soul
by Wilfred M. McClay
Things Hidden Since the Beginning of the World
The Shape of Divine Providence & Human History
by James Hitchcock
The Godless Party
Media Bias & Blindness—And the Big Story They Missed
by Rod Dreher
Calculating Christmas
The Story Behind December 25
by William J. Tighe
The Gods Must Be Tidy!
Is the Cosmos a Work of Poor Engineering or the Gift of an Artistic Designer?
by Jonathan Witt
A Requiem for Friendship
Why Boys Will Not Be Boys & Other Consequences of the Sexual Revolution
by Anthony Esolen
The Agony of Gethsemane
On the Meaning of Christ’s Prayer & His Obedience in the Garden
by Patrick Henry Reardon
Terror & the Last Enemy
A 9/11 Pilgrimage & the Way of the Cross
by James M. Kushiner
Children of the Reformation
A Short & Surprising History of Protestantism & Contraception
by Allan Carlson
Above Every Name
On the Formalities That Teach Us Reverence
by Russell D. Moore
Bad Books for Kids
A Guide to the World of Youth Literature & What You Can Do About It
by David Mills
The Audacity of the State
It’s Bent on Bringing Down the House on the Family & the Church
by Douglas Farrow
The Romance of Domesticity
Marriage Thrives in Reality, Not in Our Dreams
by Nathan Schlueter
