Touching the World: Christian Communities Transforming Society - Brossura

McKanan, Dan

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ISBN 10: 0814631754 ISBN 13: 9780814631751

Casa editrice: Liturgical Pr, 2007

Riassunto

In this book, McKanan explores two contemporary community movements that touch the world by honoring the diverse spiritual and vocational paths of the families and individuals who join them. One of these movements, Camphill, derives its inspiration from the esoteric vision of Christianity outlined by Rudolf Steiner. It boasts a worldwide network of schools and villages composed of members with and without developmental disabilities, living and working together most often in agricultural settings. The other is the well-known Catholic Worker movement founded in New York by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin. The Worker movement today includes nearly two hundred urban houses of hospitality and rural farms, along with countless individuals who have taken Day's and Maurin's ideals into everyday life. Blending theological and ethnographic approaches, McKanan builds his study on participant observation, archival research, and interviews with members of more than twenty communities. What emerges is a vision of the impact transformative Christian communities can have in a blessed and broken world.

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L'autore:

Dan McKanan is associate professor and chair of the theology department at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University.

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From the days of the apostles to the present, Christians have formed intentional communities. While some Christian communities withdraw to avoid contamination from ?the world,? others reach out in loving service to, and dialogue with, their neighbors. Dan McKanan advocates the latter approach: Christians must be willing to ?touch the world? in order to unleash the transformative potential of their communities. In this book, McKanan explores two contemporary community movements that touch the world by honoring the diverse spiritual and vocational paths of the families and individuals who join them. One of these movements, Camphill, derives its inspiration from the esoteric vision of Christianity outlined by Rudolf Steiner. It boasts a worldwide network of schools and villages composed of members with and without developmental disabilities, living and working together most often in agricultural settings. The other is the well-known Catholic Worker movement founded in New York by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin. The Worker movement today includes nearly two hundred urban houses of hospitality and rural farms, along with countless individuals who have taken Day?s and Maurin?s ideals into everyday life. Blending theological and ethnographic approaches, McKanan builds his study on participant observation, archival research, and interviews with members of more than twenty communities. What emerges is a winsome and optimistic vision of the impact transformative Christian communities can have in a blessed and broken world.?I found the numerous stories in this little book to be inspirational. A small Christian community reading this book together could become moved to go out into the world and crate a little transformation of its own.? CONNECT?Small Christian Community Connection?Hundreds (seemingly, perhaps really) of men and women get to express themselves, warp and woof, in these pages. They do it gently, with true grit, inspiringly.? Review for Religious?Touching the World applies a combined theological and ethnographic approach to its study of these movements? successes and limitations, and the positive value that Christian communities can have in the world. A deeply spiritual and uplifting account.? Midwest Book Review?To write usefully about Intentional Communities, one must have a sense for their importance to the world, beyond the specific service of each one. As personal biographies weave a picture of a community, so an overview of many community histories reveals the contribution of this quiet movement to that healthy cultural diversity on which human evolution depends (as does world ecology on biological diversity). The chronicler not only reminds busy communitarians of each other, and of the vital role of their whole movement; he/she must also integrate the economic, social, and spiritual insights of Intentional Community into a larger society struggling toward its global future. By comparing two ?communities of communities?, Dan McKanan, who shows rare empathy and aptitude for accurate recording, has produced what is hopefully the first of many parts of his chronicle.? Helen Zipperlen Camphill Village Kimberton Hills Kimberton, Pennsylvania?Catholic Worker, Ammon Hennacy, remarked that while he might not be able to change the world, he was certain the world would not change him. With a refreshing and critical eye, Dan McKanan explores this idea of change by introducing us to the lives and roots of several Catholic Worker and Camphill communities. The challenging question is about change. Does the gentle personalism and radical philosophy of the Worker and ?threefolding? and ?curative education? concepts of Camphill have any effect on changing our ?filthy rotten system?? Dan McKanan asks the right questions for the right reasons.? Brendan Walsh Co-Founder, Viva House Baltimore Catholic Worker

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• Editore: Liturgical Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0814631754
• ISBN 13: 9780814631751
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 162