{"product_id":"plough-quarterly-no-46-the-call-of-beauty-9781636081885","title":"Plough Quarterly No. 46 - The Call of Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNature is so beautiful it must mean something. Christians have seen in the beauty of creation a sign of the beauty of the Creator; the natural world teaches us to know the \"author of beauty.\" But anyone who starts thinking more seriously about beauty soon runs into more troubling aspects.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe're more awash with images than ever before, many of them doctored or artificial. Any idealized beauty that excludes humankind's imperfection and vulnerability is prone to becoming inhuman. And even the wholesome beauty of nature or the fine arts is only a partial truth in a world where children starve or are trafficked to abusers. Yet stubbornly, beauty remains. Through trees, gargoyles, paintings, and fellow humans, the writers in this issue ask hard questions to deepen our understanding and appreciation of the good, the true, and the beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn this theme: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatalie Carnes revisits Christianity's love-hate relationship with sacred art: Are those icons or idols?\u003cbr\u003eBrandon Vaidyanathan says his mother's mental illness changed the way he sees human beauty.\u003cbr\u003eSean Rubin tells how his mother found Jesus at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.\u003cbr\u003eSergio Bermudez views Paris from the perspective of Notre-Dame Cathedral's grotesques and gargoyles.\u003cbr\u003eCardinal Christoph Schönborn reflects on Michaelangelo's Last Judgement during a conclave.\u003cbr\u003eBen Quash looks at how beauty has shaped Christian imagination, from Absalom's hair to English gardens.\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Holsinger sees the future of El Salvador in one bright, carefree child.\u003cbr\u003eCaitrin Keiper searches for meaning in the loss of her unborn baby.\u003cbr\u003eChris Voll profiles a sculptor who left a promising career to care for his dying father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso in this issue: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix new poems by Wendell Berry.\u003cbr\u003ePaul Kingsnorth offers six ways to resist the Machine.\u003cbr\u003eThe Bruderhof's rule about gossip was written in 1925. Does it still work?\u003cbr\u003eDiscover LesslieNewbigin, who reimagined the role of a missionary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlough 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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Plough Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51860261962002,"sku":"9781636081885","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_976551f5-52cf-4f65-bcdf-8f86124abf34.jpg?v=1767782163","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/plough-quarterly-no-46-the-call-of-beauty-9781636081885","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}