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How did violence become OK? And is there any way back? At some
point between George Floyd's killing on May 25 and the invasion of
the US Capitol on January 6, America's consensus against political
violence crumbled. Before 2020, almost everyone agreed that it
should be out of bounds. Now, many are ready to justify such
violence - at least when it is their side breaking windows or
battling police officers. Something significant seems to have
slipped. Is there any way back? As Christians, we need to consider
what guilt we bear, with the rise of a decidedly unchristian
"Christian nationalism" that historically has deep roots in
American Christian culture. But shouldn't we also be asking
ourselves what a truly Christian stance might look like, one that
reflects Jesus' blessings on the peacemakers, the merciful, and the
meek? Oscar Romero, when accused of preaching revolutionary
violence, responded: "We have never preached violence, except the
violence of love, which left Christ nailed to a cross." If we take
Jesus' example and his call to nonviolence at face value, we're
left with all kinds of interesting questions: What about policing?
What about the military? What about participating in government?
This issue of Plough addresses some of these questions and explores
what a life lived according to love rather than violence might look
like. In this issue: - Anthony M. Barr revisits James Baldwin's
advice about undoing racism. - Gracy Olmstead describes welcoming
the baby she did not expect during a pandemic. - Patrick Tomassi
debates nonviolence with Portland's anarchists and Proud Boys. -
Scott Beauchamp advises on what not to ask war veterans. - Rachel
Pieh Jones reveals what Muslims have taught her about prayer. -
Eberhard Arnold argues that Christian nonviolence is more than
pacifism. - Stanley Hauerwas presents a vision of church you've
never seen in practice. - Andrea Grosso Ciponte graphically
portrays the White Rose student resistance to Nazism. - Zito Madu
illuminates rap's role in escaping the violence of poverty. -
Springs Toledo recounts his boxing match with an undefeated
professional. You'll also find: - An interview with poet Rhina P.
Espaillat - New poems by Catherine Tufariello - Profiles of
Anabaptist leader Felix Manz and community founder Lore Weber -
Reviews of Marly Youmans's Charis in the World of Wonders, Judith
D. Schwartz's The Reindeer Chronicles, Chris Lombardi's I Ain't
Marching Anymore, and Martin Espada's Floaters Plough Quarterly
features stories, ideas, and culture for people eager to put their
faith into action. Each issue brings you in-depth articles,
interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to help you put Jesus'
message into practice and find common cause with others.
What is a family and what is it good for? Story 1: Families are in
crisis, and the cause is moral breakdown. We urgently need a deep
renewal of our family culture, supported by public policies that
strengthen traditional marriage and encourage childbearing. Story
2: Families are in crisis, and the cause is capitalism. We need
structural changes in society so that all families can flourish:
parental leave, guaranteed healthcare, flexible work hours for
parents, restorative justice. What if both these stories are true?
This issue of Plough reflects on what a family is and what it is
for, so that the transformations needed to solve the crisis of the
family start from a firm basis, not a nostalgic ideal or
progressive theorizing. As always, we take as a starting point the
teachings of Jesus. It turns out his idea of family values might
not be what people think. He calls us to extend our natural love
for our biological family to a vast new throng of siblings - a
family of many ethnicities and cultures that includes the widowed,
the unmarried, the outsider, and the stranger. In this issue: -
Ross Douthat asks what is stopping people from having the one more
child they desire. - Edwidge Danticat says families are not
nuclear. - Gina Dalfonzo reveals what singles know best about the
church as family. - Norann Voll remembers a Jewish woman who
escaped the Holocaust and married a German. - W. Bradford Wilcox
and Alysse ElHage report on how the Covid pandemic has impacted the
family. - Noah Van Niel asks whether masculinity is OK anymore. -
Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn reflects the burden of family
history, celibacy, and monument toppling. - Sarah C. Williams
pinpoints the source of feminist pioneer Josephine Butler's daring.
- Rabbi Jonathan Sacks begins the story of marriage 385 million
years ago in a lake in Scotland. - Zito Madu recalls how his
father's amazing storytelling saved the past from oblivion. You'll
also find: - M. M. Townsend on what Louisa May Alcott and Simone de
Beauvoir had in common - A special announcement about Plough's new
poetry contest: the Rhina Espaillat Poetry Award - A reading from
G. K. Chesterton - Two new poems by Rachel Hadas - Reviews of Eric
Edstrom's Un-American, Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law's Prison by
Any Other Name, Brian Doyle's One Long River of Song, and Martin
Caparros's Hunger Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and
culture for people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue
brings you in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and
art to help you put Jesus' message into practice and find common
cause with others.
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