Shane Claiborne
Shane Claiborne (born July 11, 1975) is one of the founding members of a New Monastic community named the Potter Street Community (formerly The Simple Way) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This organization was featured on the cover of Christianity Today.[1] Claiborne is also a prominent activist for nonviolence and service to the poor.
Biography
Claiborne grew up in east Tennessee.[2] A graduate of Eastern University, where he studied sociology and youth ministry, Claiborne did his final academic work for Eastern University at Wheaton College in Illinois. While at Wheaton, Claiborne did an internship at Willow Creek Community Church. He has done some graduate work at Princeton Theological Seminary, but took a leave of absence, and now is a part of The Alternative Seminary in Philadelphia.
Claiborne's outlook on ministry to the poor is often compared to Mother Teresa, whom he worked alongside during a 10-week term in Calcutta.[3] He spent 3 weeks in Baghdad with the Iraq Peace Team (a project of Voices in the Wilderness and Christian Peacemaker Teams).[4] He was witness to the military bombardment of Baghdad as well as the militarized areas between Baghdad and Amman. As a member of IPT, Claiborne took daily trips to sites where there had been bombings, visited hospitals and families, and attended worship services during the war. He also continues to serve as a board member for the nation-wide Christian Community Development Association which was founded by the authors and community developers, John Perkins and Wayne Gordon.[5]
On Wednesday, June 20, 2007, a seven-alarm fire at the abandoned warehouse across the street destroyed The Simple Way Community Center where Claiborne lived.[6] He lost all of his possessions in the fire.[6] The Simple Way immediately set up funds to accept donations to help those who lost their homes in the fire.[7]
Claiborne is featured in the documentary The Ordinary Radicals, and co-directed the three volume Another World is Possible DVD series. Claiborne wrote the foreword to Ben Lowe's 2009 book Green Revolution: Coming Together to Care for Creation.
Authorship
- "What If Jesus Meant All That Stuff?" (Esquire Magazine, November 18, 2009) [1]
- The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2006) ISBN 0310266300
- Iraq Journal 2003 (Doulos Christou, 2006) ISBN 0974479675
- Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals, with Chris Haw (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008) ISBN 0310278422
- Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals, with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove (InterVarsity, 2008) ISBN 0830836225
- Follow Me To Freedom: Leading and Following as an Ordinary Radical, with John Perkins (Regal Books, 2009) ISBN 0830751203
References
- ^ http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/september/16.38.html Moll, Rob. "The New Monasticism." Christianity Today. 2 September 2005.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSlLGq7LbWw Interview of Shane Claiborne
- ^ http://archives.wittenburgdoor.com/archives/claiborne.html Garrison, Becky. "Finding the Simple Way." The Wittenburg Door Interview. May/June 2007.
- ^ http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2003/04/24/activists_return/ Goldberg, Michelle. "Dodging bombs for peace." Salon.com. 24 April 2003.
- ^ http://www.thesimpleway.org/shane/bio/ Shane Claiborne Bio.
- ^ a b http://www.philly.com/inquirer/multimedia/20070623_Their_lives_shattered_after_Kensington_fire.html Matza, Michael. "Their lives shattered after Kensington fire." Philadelphia Inquirer. 23 June 2007.
- ^ http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20070622_Nonprofit_starts_fund_for_fire_victims.html Stuhldreher, Katie. "Nonprofit starts fund for fire victims." Philadelphia Inquirer. 22 June 2007.
External links
- Claiborne's official page at the Simple Way
- The Ordinary Radicals official website
- The Another World is Possible DVD series
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