How should the church relate to politics? Eighteen months after Hitler’s rise to power, Arnold spoke about the dangerous politics of the Incarnation to members of his community, whose German branch had already been raided twice by Nazi forces...

The yearning for utopia has immensely impacted history – sometimes for good, often for ill. Is the martyr Thomas More’s vision of a society free of violence and private property nothing more than an ill-founded dream?

The church, Scripture teaches, is where God’s politics becomes reality: it’s a city governed by the Sermon on the Mount. But does any such place exist? At the outset of my Christian journey, I was taught to keep politics and religion separate...

The most revolutionary political statement we can make is that Jesus reigns; that God, not nations, rules the world: “All political, all social, all educational, all human problems are solved in a concrete way by the rulership of Christ.”

When I read Berry’s poems and essays, I sense he and I are kindred spirits. But when I consider family tales of shattered relationships, addiction, and mental illness buried under agrarian beauty, I’m troubled by the evils Berry chooses to overlook.

In a pluralistic world that views traditional faith with suspicion, what would a Christian society look like? What should Christians hope for their countries? Peters examines books by T. S. Eliot and R. R. Reno in pursuit of answers.

How should Christians live as society grows increasingly hostile to faith? Plough’s Peter Mommsen and New York Times-bestselling author Rod Dreher talk about Donald Trump, religious liberty, American empire, persecution, and Christian community.

A naturalized American Christian from Iraq looks through a unique lens at the crises engulfing her home country.

More and more people of Muslim background living in the Middle East are turning to Christ – and risking their lives to do so. Lyle reports some of their stories and writes how his organization, Open Doors, is working to encourage these new converts.

Does “love your enemy” hold true even in the face of ISIS terror and gore? Armstrong examines the context for the rise of the group, looks at the history of past violent regimes, and, ultimately, searches his own heart in the quest for an answer.

An early Anabaptist reflects on Paul’s metaphor of the church as the body of Christ.

Frustrated with the world’s focus on what separates us, I set out to explore the common humanity that connects us.

Short Story: Old Farmer Dyhema likes playing chess: He always wins, and there is nobody in the village who can play as well as him. But when the Christ Child arrives unexpectedly on Christmas Eve for a game, things don’t go as they always have...

Using a uniquely African medium – cloth and batik – Ugandan artist Lukandwa Dominic captures stunningly complex patterns from the natural world as well as scenes of daily life in his country.

A priest, farmer, fisherman, hunter, and Maine Master Guide sees biblical themes reflected in the wildness of Maine’s marshes and woodlands, and beautifully distills these in spare, serene lines.

Read letters to the editor responding to articles that appeared in Plough's Autumn 2016 issue, What Makes Humans Sacred?, as well as comments regarding the magazine in general.