Shane Claiborne — A Monastic Revolution

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🗓️ 1 July 2010

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Shane Claiborne is a leading spirit in a gathering movement of young people known as the New Monastics. Emerging from the edges of Evangelical Christianity, they are patterning their lives in response to the needs of the poor — and the detachment they see in our culture’s vision of adulthood.

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0:00.0	I'm Chris DeTippet.
0:03.3	At the age of 21, Shane Claverne co-founded a small community, the simple way in a
0:08.5	row house in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Philadelphia.
0:12.2	He is a galvanizing figure and creative spirit within a constellation of movements called
0:17.4	the new monasticism.
0:19.8	These mostly young people model their communities in some contrast to the churches they grew
0:24.8	up in.
0:25.8	They've patterned their lives in direct response to the human needs and spiritual hungers in
0:30.7	the world around them.
0:32.5	And they find sustenance at the heart of historic Christianity from the likes of St.
0:36.9	Francis of his CC, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King, Jr.
0:42.8	We had all kinds of baggage from the church, you know, recovering evangelicals and disenchanted
0:47.0	Catholics.
0:48.0	And we just said, we're going to stop complaining about the church that we've experienced
0:52.8	and try to become the church that we dream of.
0:56.3	This is Speaking of Faith, stay with us.
1:00.4	Speaking of Faith is supported by the Fetzer Institute, sponsor of Car and Armstrong's
1:04.6	Charter for Compassion.
1:06.2	You can learn more at Fetzer.org.
1:09.2	I'm Chris DeTippet.
1:10.8	Shane Claverne is an original voice, a leading spirit and a gathering movement of young people
1:16.0	known as the new monastics.
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