The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary RadicalLiving as an Ordinary RadicalMany of us find ourselves caught somewhere between unbelieving activists and inactive believers. We can write a check to feed starving children or hold signs in the streets and feel like we’ve made a difference without ever encountering the faces of the suffering masses. In this book, Shane Claiborne describes an authentic faith rooted in belief, action, and love, inviting us into a movement of the Spirit that begins inside each of us and extends into a broken world. Shane’s faith led him to dress the wounds of lepers with Mother Teresa, visit families in Iraq amidst bombings, and dump $10,000 in coins and bills on Wall Street to redistribute wealth. Shane lives out this revolution each day in his local neighborhood, an impoverished community in North Philadelphia, by living among the homeless, helping local kids with homework, and “practicing resurrection” in the forgotten places of our world. Shane’s message will comfort the disturbed, and disturb the comfortable . . . but will also invite us into an irresistible revolution. His is a vision for ordinary radicals ready to change the world with little acts of love. |
Contents
AUTHORS NOTE | |
RESURRECTING CHURCH | |
WHEN COMFORT BECOMES UNCOMFORT | |
ANOTHER WAY OF DOING LIFE | |
ECONOMICS OF REBIRTH | |
PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE WHEN KINGDOMS | |
JESUS MADE ME DO | |
EXTREMISTS FOR LOVE | |
MAKING REVOLUTION IRRESISTIBLE | |
CROWING SMALLER AND SMALLERUNTIL WE TAKE OVER THE WORLD | |
CRAZY BUT NOT ALONE | |
MARKS OF A NEW MONASTICISM | |
Other editions - View all
Irresistible Revolution [Standard Large Print 16 Pt Edition] Shane Claiborne No preview available - 2010 |
Irresistible Revolution, Updated and Expanded: Living as an Ordinary Radical Shane Claiborne No preview available - 2016 |
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