Plough Quarterly No. 29 - Beyond Borders

Over the past decade, the yearning for rootedness, for being part of a story bigger than oneself, has flared up as a cultural force to be reckoned with. There’s much to affirm in this desire to belong to a people. That means pride in all that is admirable in the nation to which we belong – and repentance for its historic sins.

A focus on national identity, of course, can lead to darker places. The new nationalists, w...