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| Original Title: | The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical |
| ISBN: | 0310266300 (ISBN13: 9780310266303) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Shane Claiborne
Paperback | Pages: 367 pages Rating: 4.05 | 21885 Users | 979 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical |
| Author | : | Shane Claiborne |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 367 pages |
| Published | : | January 31st 2006 by Zondervan (first published January 23rd 2006) |
| Categories | : | Christian. Nonfiction. Religion. Christianity. Faith. Theology. Spirituality |
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Many 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.Rating About Books The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
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A self-righteous, "I'm not part of the system" manifesto that advocates helping (and joining) the poor as the main purpose of Christianity and condemns all war and wealth and that may have a point.If you can get past the gut this is crazy talk! reaction, this book will definitely make you think (or, if youre already a down-on-the-church hipster, it will give you plenty of catchy ammunition to back up your discontent). The main problem is that most of the good points are so over-stated (probablyAt first, I liked this book. I actually recommended it to a friend. Ignoring the first forty-something pages full of prefaces, forwards, dedications, and author's notes (which really tried my patience), I thought that the author started off by making good points. Then all the crap came out. First, this guy has a big problem with authority. Being someone who is a self-professed follower of Jesus, he should be more submissive to authority. And it's not just police or the president (although his
This book is not well-written, it smacks of idealism and self-righteousness from time to time, and it's not realistic to think everyone that reads it is going to become an "ordinary radical" or "new monastic." What I think the reader will find by reading it is humor and a desire to shut the mouth and stop throwing money at "causes" and actually DO something. You can bitch all you want about how he's idealistic and crazy and hates authority, but I don't think there is any question that he and his
An absolutely beautiful book. Shane Claiborne has an incredible heart for his neighbor, and tells the story of his journey to a genuine discipleship of Christ in a disarmingly friendly, simple, witty, and humorous way. Don't let the tone fool you, however - this is a book that challenges the Church to re-examine what its core principles really are, why it is on this earth, and provides support for those disillusioned by the oppositional, self-centered Christianity that is too prevalent in
Everyone should read this book. Shane has such a beautiful perspective on the world. As I have often found myself frustrated and disenchanted with what I have seen in American Christianity, Shane reminds me that my God is a God of the small but beautiful things, who calls me to be part of his empire-toppling revolution of love. Shane calls particularly this generation into "small things with great love" and lives a profound example of that. One of the most encouraging things about this book and
A year or so ago my friend recommended this book to me. I came to this page and read the 5 star and 1 star reviews, and because of the 1 star reviews wrote it off as one-sided and an attempt to convert people to a new way of thinking.Many of the 1 star reviews mentioned that they believe the author thinks the ONLY way to live out your faith is how he does. I'm not interested in someone getting my attention just to persuade me I'm wrong. A few weeks ago Shane was in town so I went with some
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