{"product_id":"plough-quarterly-no-43-why-we-work-1","title":"Plough Quarterly No. 43 – Why We Work","description":"Is our work merely a way to put food on the table, or does it have inherent value? Should our work define us? Does it play too large a role in our lives? Does it make us feel more human, or less so? This issue explores the realities of work for people with various jobs, but also probes the reasons people work and what they hope to gain from their labor. From warehouse workers to poets, food delivery specialists to cloistered nuns, farmers to police officers, this issue considers personal, spiritual, and social aspects of one of the most basic human activities.\nOn this theme:\nJames Rebanks prepares to pass on the farm to his children.\nBenoit Gautier rides a shuttlebus with dislocated French warehouse workers.\nShira Telushkin asks why young women today are becoming cloistered nuns.\nBen Wray talks to food-delivery riders in three countries about their attempts to organize.\nJohn Clair, a police chief, wants policing to be about relationships, not statistics.\nNorann Voll tells how her father taught her to embrace her blue-collar roots.\nMaureen Swinger honors the unpaid and unheralded work of caring for an aging loved one.\nAlastair Roberts recommends the divine rhythm of work and Sabbath rest God established in Genesis.\nAlso in this issue:\nAdam Nicolson finds a different sort of freedom sailing a sixteen-foot wooden boat.\nAlister McGrath explores the connection between detective fiction and the spiritual quest.\nTish Harrison Warren introduces Stanley Hauerwas to new audiences.\nChristian Wiman shares a new poem about a glass-eyed monk.\nPlough 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1636081665\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1636081665.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Rebanks, James|Gautier, Benoit|Warren, Tish Harrison|Nicolson, Adam|Mommsen, Peter\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43336886583357,"sku":"BVV.1636081665.A","price":6.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1636081665-0_fe2a74d3-4205-402c-ba84-f27df6e67d06.jpg?v=1783811758","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/plough-quarterly-no-43-why-we-work-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}