{"product_id":"plough-quarterly-no-12-yu-jie-9780874861358","title":"Plough Quarterly No. 12 - Courage: Lives of Radical Devotion","description":"\u003cb\u003eTo give hope in uncertain times, this issue of \u003ci\u003ePlough\u003c\/i\u003e profiles people who have lived courageously.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn unsettling times such as these, being told to \"take courage\" can sound like a grim joke. Yet courage is precisely what we're in need of today: courage to stand by the truth, and courage to stand by the gospel's claim that everyone belongs to God, because Jesus has overcome the world. To inspire such courage - and to guard against a failure of nerve or of imagination - this issue of \u003ci\u003ePlough\u003c\/i\u003e highlights people who have lived courageously. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this issue: \u003cbr\u003e- Chinese dissident Yu Jie looks at the challenges facing the church in China.\u003cbr\u003e- Cuban pastor Ra l Su rez reveals how encounters with Christians thawed Fidel Castro's atheism.\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003ePlough\u003c\/i\u003e pays tribute to NYPD Det. Steven McDonald, who forgave the young shooter who paralyzed him.\u003cbr\u003e- Maureen Swinger tells how a young man with severe disabilities became an exceptional teacher.\u003cbr\u003e- Evangelical activist D. L. Mayfield finds an unsettling role model in Dorothy Day.\u003cbr\u003e- Comic artist Julian Peters illustrates T. S. Eliot's poem \"Little Gidding.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlus: \u003cbr\u003e- Insights on courage from Teresa of Avila, George Bernard Shaw, Meister Eckhart, and Mother Teresa\u003cbr\u003e- Original poetry by Christopher Zimmerman\u003cbr\u003e- Reviews of Martin Scorsese's \u003ci\u003eSilence, \u003c\/i\u003e Mark Sundeen's \u003ci\u003eThe Unsettlers, \u003c\/i\u003e and Craig Greenfield's \u003ci\u003eSubversive Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Profiles of Thomas M ntzer, Traudl Wallbrecher, and the Sisters of Life\u003cbr\u003e- Art and photography by Nikolay Ge, Boris Ivanovich Kopylov, Taisia Afonina, Wayne Forte, Dave Beckerman, Luca Sartoni, Wu Guanzhong, and Sadao Watanabe \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlough Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yu Jie, Ra伃 Su疵ez, Julian Peters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0874861357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874861358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plough Publishing House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.40w x 0.20d","brand":"Yu Jie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980671746303,"sku":"9780874861358","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_690b605f-454e-4fc2-9b81-fe10da0572f9.jpg?v=1683251231","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plough-quarterly-no-12-yu-jie-9780874861358","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}