School(s) for conversion
Subtitle: 12 marks of a new monasticism
By: edited by the Rutba House.
Contributors: Rutba House (Organization)
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Eugene, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Communities -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; Christian life.; Ecumenical movement.
Other titles: School for conversion
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Jonathan R. Wilson; title: Mark 1: relocation to abandoned places of empire / Margaret M. McKenna; title: Mark 2: sharing economic resources with fellow community members and the needy among us / Shane Claiborne; title: Mark 3: hospitality to the stranger / Maria Russell Kenney; title: Mark 4: lament for racial divisions within the church and our communities combined with the active pursuit of a just reconciliation / Chris Rice; title: Mark 5: humble submission to Christ's body, the church; title: Mark 6: intentional formation in the way of Christ and the rule of the community along the lines of the old novitiate / David Janzen; title: Mark 7: nurturing common life among members of intentional community / Sherrie Steiner and Michelle Harper Brix; title: Mark 8: support for celibate singles alongside monogamous married couples and their children / Jana Bennet; title: Mark 9: geographical proximity to community members who share a common rule of life / Jon Stock; title: Mark 10: care for the plot of God's earth given to us along with support of our local economies / Norman Wirzba; title: Mark 11: peacemaking in the midst of violence and conflict resolution along the lines of Matthew 18 / Fred Bahnson; title: Mark 12: commitment to a disciplined contemplative life / Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.