Shane Claiborne and A Monastic Revolution
July 1, 2010
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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The large number of vacant houses in the Kensington neighborhood of North Philadelphia is an issue for residents living there. If they remain unboarded, the houses become "shooting dens" for drug users, specifically, heroin addicts. Here, Justin, in the basement of The Simple Way community house, paints artwork on a piece of plywood that will board a door of an abandoned house.
Selected Writings of Shane Claiborne
