A New Monastic Handbook: From Vision to Practice - Hardcover

Mobsby, Ian; Berry, Mark

 
9781848257009: A New Monastic Handbook: From Vision to Practice

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Two leading practitioners of new monasticism open up the movement’s spiritual landscape and its distinctive calling and gifts within today’s church. Practical experiences and stories are set alongside reflection and liturgies as a creative resource for all who are already involved in, or are exploring intentional living in community. Focusing on new monasticism's key characteristics of prayer, mission and community, this book explores: •continuity with traditional religious life•innovations, such as its use of social networking technology •potential for spiritual formation •preference for the abandoned places of society •transformative approach to mission •blend of the traditional and experimental in worship•growing international presence

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Ian Mobsby has worked as a lay pioneer/missioner and as an ordained pioneer practitioner particularly with missional forms of new monastic communities and the experimental alongside the traditional. Ian has written a number of books on aspects of contemporary mission and spirituality, recently completing a research PhD part exploration of the 'Spiritual But Not Religious'. He is currently working in Canada as the Diocesan Community Missioner to the Bishop of Niagara and remains a member of the Church of England's College of Bishop's Advisory Council for the relations of Diocesan Bishops and Religious Communities.

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ISBN 10:  184825458X ISBN 13:  9781848254589
Verlag: Canterbury Press, 2014
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