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New Monasticism is a diverse movement, not limited to a specific religious denomination or church and including varying expressions of contemplative life. These include evangelical Christian communities such as "Simple Way Community" and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove's "Rutba House," European new monastic communities, such as that formed by Bernadette Flanagan, spiritual communities such as the ...
Shane Claiborne (born July 11, 1975) is an American evangelical Christian and founder, an author and organizational leader.He is one of the founders of the non-profit organization, The Simple Way, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, cofounder of the Red-Letter Christians, and has been described as a founder, as well, of the New Monastic movement. [1]
Through the writings of longtime church member Elizabeth O'Connor (1928–1998) and others, Church of the Saviour has become influential among Christian religious groups throughout the country [8] [9] and has informed such contemporary movements as the missional church movement, [10] the Emergent Church movement, [11] and the New Monasticism ...
Additional expressions of ecumenical monasticism can be seen in the Bose Monastic Community and communities of the New Monasticism movement arising from Protestant Evangelicalism. In 1999 an independent Protestant order was founded named The Knights of Prayer Monastic Order.
The community is part of the New Monasticism movement. Singer-songwriter Dar Williams has been affiliated with the community since 1999, and has held a benefit concert to raise money for it. [ 8 ] In his book The Way of Jesus: Re-Forming Spiritual Communities in a Post-Church Age , Toby Jones writes that The Simple Way provides "an authentic ...
New evidence has been discovered of a lost English saint. An entry in a 15th century manuscript has provided “unambiguous proof” that Thurstan, who was Archbishop of York from 1114 to 1140 ...
Monasticism (from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós) 'solitary, monastic'; from μόνος (mónos) 'alone'), also called monachism or monkhood, is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work.
Less than 1% of Catholic nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. Seyram Adzokpa and Zoey Stapleton are two of the young women who have made the rare decision to join a religious ...