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New Monasticism as Fresh Expression of Church

by Graham Cray

  • Paperback
  • 168 pages
  • Publisher: Canterbury Press
  • 13.3 x 21.1 x 1.3 cm

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The combination of Fresh Expressions and the explosion of interest in monastic spirituality is resulting in the emergence of new monastic communities inspired by historic patterns of religious life, but reframed for the contemporary world. This worldwide movement is seen as a radical expression of ecclesial community and was named in Mission Shaped Church as one of the leading new forms of church that would help people reconnect with Christianity. A new monastic community may be a dispersed group of families and individuals meeting to share meals and worship, it might be a group connected virtually; it might be a youth group exploring monastic spirituality. In this book, leaders of traditional religious communities and emerging 'new monastic' communities tell their stories and reflect on how an ancient expression of being church is inspiring and shaping a very new one.
New Monasticism as Fresh Expression of Church and On Mission with Jesus
On Mission with JesusNew Monasticism as Fresh Expression of Church

  • Author

    Graham Cray

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Canterbury Press

  • Published

    December 2010

  • Edition

    1

  • Weight

    182g

  • Page Count

    168

  • Dimensions

    13.3 x 21.1 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781848250444

  • ISBN-10

    1848250444

  • Eden Code

    3491547

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    Getting past the title of this volume of diverse contributions will enable the reader to look at one area of the Christian Family, and what might come under the heading of ‘monasticism.’ ‘There are evidently four kinds of monks.’ So begins St Benedict’s famous definition, and the reader can analyse the new communities and movements in the book in terms of the saint’s categories. Stability and time were the factors that either made monasticism flourish or wither, again according to St Benedict. How much the former is evident in the pages of this book can only be determined by time, and the time-scale for these movements so far, is uncomfortably brief. And so we must be patient.

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