Kinfolk Magazine – Issue 55

Kinfolk Magazine Issue 55 (the Faith Issue) is available now on loremnotipsum.com. Whatever you think about religion, it continues to shape our cultures, communities and cities. This issue of Kinfolk takes a look at just some of the ways in which faith undergirds society and touches people’s lives.

Over the course of several months, we documented the construction of a new Lutheran church in Denmark. Mindful of the building’s longevity, the local parish asked some of the nation’s biggest architects and designers to rethink how Christianity might be carried into the future.

Elsewhere, Christianity’s history comes under scrutiny—we speak to Ekemini Uwan, the public theologian holding the Christian church accountable for its complicity in racial violence over the centuries. We also meet two Jewish duos from opposite sides of the Atlantic: the Kleins, creators of the kosher food and travel magazine Fleishigs, and Sara Moon and Samson Hart, founders of Miknaf Ha’aretz, a community focused on Jewish land justice.

Elsewhere, we meet Ramy Youssef, the actor, screenwriter and director extraordinaire whose work is giving comedic nuance to the Muslim American narrative. And we interviewed the late surrealist film director David Lynch, who practiced Transcendental Meditation twice a day since 1973. The words by which he lived: “The key to all of it is, Does it make you feel better? Does it change your life?”.

Kinfolk is a slow lifestyle magazine published by Ouur that explores ways for readers to simplify their lives, cultivate community and spend more time with their friends and family. Founded in 2011, Kinfolk is now the leading independent lifestyle magazine for young creative professionals and also produces international editions in Japan, China, Korea and Russia. Published quarterly, Kinfolk maintains a vibrant contributor base from Copenhagen to Cape Town. Every element of Kinfolk—the features, photography, and general aesthetics—are consistent with the way we feel entertaining should be: simple, uncomplicated, and less contrived. Kinfolk is the marriage of our appreciation for art and design and our love for spending time with family and friends.

Details: Kinfolk Magazine – Issue 55 (the Faith Issue)

192 pages, offset-printed and perfect bound, full color on uncoated paper. Printed in Canada.