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Shane Claiborne is an activist, a coauthor of Jesus for President and, Common Prayer, and a founder of The Simple Way, a community in inner-city Philadelphia that has helped birth and connect radical faith communities around the world. He is married to Katie Jo, and has a variety of circus skills, mostra altro including fire-breathing. mostra meno

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Opere di Shane Claiborne

Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals (2010) — Autore — 562 copie
Iraq Journal 2003 (2006) 15 copie

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Data di nascita
1975-07-11
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Attività lavorative
minister of religion
writer
Lover
Organizzazioni
The Simple Way
Potter Street Community

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Wow! If you don't mind being uncomfortable about Christian faith, this is a wonderful book. Shane keeps it real and tells his stories well. Also a book group title. A few folks were squirming and may have done a bit less shopping as a result.
 
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rebwaring | 38 altre recensioni | Aug 14, 2023 |
Some good points, but not well presented. The entire thing lacks dynamics, coming across scatter-brianed and vague. What exactly is the author asking of the reader? That they sell everything and join him on the streets? It isn't particularly clear, and the picture he paints of his experiences is surely unrealistic; it doesn't really prepare anyone who might follow suit or inform them of what to expect.

The theology is weak and selective. Sometimes verses are drawn to help conlcusions, and sometimes they aren't... the cherry picking is all a bit convenient and the reading over-literal.

Anecdotes and ramblings are many, often laced with incredibly cringe humour. I'm honestly not sure why he wrote the book. Either he's dancing round the subject, or there isn't one.
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TheScribblingMan | 38 altre recensioni | Jul 29, 2023 |
While I admire his commitment to helping others and living the life he feels called to, I found the combination of humble-bragging and what felt like false humility to be off-putting. It is really difficult to write a memoir and not make it all about yourself, but when that memoir is about selflessness and serving others, you should at least try.
 
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rumbledethumps | 1 altra recensione | Jun 26, 2023 |
 
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Utenti
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Popolarità
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Recensioni
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ISBN
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Lingue
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