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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]
Shane Claiborne and five other Eastern University graduates founded an intentional community [1] when they moved into a terraced house in the neighborhood of Kensington in January 1998. [2] [3] They purposely started the community in the poorest area of the city, which was a place where there were no existing local churches. [4]
Along with his wife, Peggy Campolo, he participated in very public debates and discussions about the place of lesbians and gays within church and society. Campolo formerly contended that homosexuality was a sin in practice, although not in orientation, while his wife disagreed, holding that committed, monogamous homosexual practice was not a ...
The author draws on his personal experience, including time spent in Calcutta, India with Mother Teresa, a trip with a Christian Peacemaker Team to Iraq during the 2003 US-led bombing campaign, and life in a communal house, The Simple Way, in Philadelphia, to describe the way he feels Christians ought to be living, the ways in which many currently are not, and the ways in which many are ...
Shane Bilek and Juan Villa, both 29, were one of 13 teams on the newest season of "The Amazing Race," each one competing for a prize of $1 million. The duo agreed that this was a once in a ...
Claiborne and Haw first met in the 2000s, when they were both living in different Christian intentional communities in the United States. [3] Claiborne wrote The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical, his debut book, in 2006. [4] Haw was a theology graduate student at Villanova University when Jesus for President was released. [5]
Kanye West's wife, Bianca Censori, has been making headlines since the start of their relationship — but her fashion (or lack of clothing) is what’s received the most buzz. Bianca’s no ...
Shane MacGowan was “vibrant and beautiful” and “determined to live” only a few days before his death aged 65, his wife has said. The Pogues frontman died at 3am on Thursday 30 November ...