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Plough Quarterly No. 34 - Generations (Paperback)
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Plough Quarterly No. 34 - Generations (Paperback)
Series: Plough Quarterly
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Discovery Miles 3 230
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We're born with a hunger for roots and a desire to pass on a
legacy. The past two decades have seen a boom in family history
services that combine genealogy with DNA testing, though this is
less a sign of a robust connection to past generations than of its
absence. Everywhere we see a pervasive rootlessness coupled with a
cult of youth that thinks there is little to learn from our elders.
The nursing home tragedies of the Covid-19 pandemic laid bare this
devaluing of the old. But it's not only the elderly who are
negatively affected when the links between generations break down;
the young lose out too. When the hollowing-out of intergenerational
connections deprives youth of the sense of belonging to a story
beyond themselves, other sources of identity, from trivial to
noxious, will fill the void. Yet however important biological
kinship is, the New Testament tells us it is less important than
the family called into being by God's promises. "Who is my mother,
and who are my brothers?" Jesus asks a crowd of listeners, then
answers: "Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my
brother, and sister, and mother." In this great intergenerational
family, we are linked by a bond of brotherhood and sisterhood to
believers from every era of the human story, past, present, and yet
to be born. To be sure, our biological families and inheritances
still matter, but heredity and blood kinship are no longer the
primary source of our identity. Here is a cure for rootlessness. On
this theme: - Matthew Lee Anderson argues that even in an age of
IVF no one has a right to have a child. - Emmanuel Katongole
describes how African Christians are responding to ecological
degradation by returning to their roots. - Louise Perry worries
that young environmentalist don't want kids. - Helmuth Eiwen asks
what we can do about the ongoing effects of the sins of our
ancestors. - Terence Sweeney misses an absent father who left him
nothing. - Wendy Kiyomi gives personal insight into the challenges
of adopting children with trauma in their past. - Alastair Roberts
decodes that long list of "begats" in Matthew's Gospel. - Rhys
Laverty explains why his hometown, Chessington, UK, is still a
family-friendly neighborhood. - Springs Toledo recounts, for the
first time, a buried family story of crime and forgiveness. -
Monica Pelliccia profiles three generations of women who feed
migrants riding the trains north. Also in the issue: - A new
Christmas story by Oscar Esquivias, translated from the Spanish -
Original poetry by Aaron Poochigian - Reviews of Kim
Haines-Eitzen's Sonorous Desert, Matthew P. Schneider's God Loves
the Autistic Mind, Adam Nicolson's Life between the Tides, and Ash
Davidson's Damnation Spring. - An appreciation for Augustine's
mother, Monica - Short sketches by Clarice Lispector of her father
and son Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture for
people eager to apply their faith to the challenges we face. Each
issue includes in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews,
and art.
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