Plough: Quarterly Magazine and Books

Go to first level navigation
Go to Footer Menu
Skip to Content

March for Life crowd near the Washington Monument

Defending Life

The gospel calls for lifelong protection of the weak and vulnerable.

Join the discussion

Featured Topics

Recent Articles

View All

January 21, 2022

Stranger in a Strange Land

Kelsey Osgood

Even in Brooklyn, our Orthodox Jewish family feels alien. That’s not all bad.

Continue Reading
January 20, 2022

The Tranquility and Wisdom of Old Books

Alan Jacobs

Can reading old books make us wiser and more peaceful? Alan Jacobs thinks so.

Continue Reading
January 19, 2022

Standing on the Threshold

Ernst Wiechert

A concentration camp survivor returns to his ancestral home to find his two brothers.

Continue Reading
January 18, 2022

PloughCast #21 Disability, Embodiment, and What It Means to Be Human

Susannah Black and Peter Mommsen

Peter and Susannah talk with O. Carter Snead about his book What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics.

Continue Reading
January 17, 2022

Words that Got Martin Luther King Jr. Shot

Martin Luther King Jr.

The pronouncements that got Martin Luther King Jr. killed are probably not those that appear on inspirational posters today.

Continue Reading
January 16, 2022

Marguerite Porete: The Noble Virtue of Charity

Marguerite Porete

Charity is such a wise merchant that she earns profits everywhere where others lose, and she escapes the bonds that bind others.

Continue Reading

Sign up for the Plough Weekly email

Featured Books

View All

Plough is an award-winning international magazine of faith, culture, and society that appears weekly online and quarterly in print. We also publish a line of books, including literary nonfiction and fiction, children’s books, Christian books, and graphic novels. Founded in 1920, Plough asks the big questions: How can we live well together, and what gives life purpose? Join us in breaking fresh ground for a renewed world.

Connect With Plough

Plough.com

Subscribe