DISQUS

the Jesus Manifesto: Communities of Resistance

  • Luke · 3 years ago
    It sounds like you are only interested in current communities, but if you want historical examples as well, the Doukhobors might be a good example of #1.

    As for current resistance, any of these books may cite current examples of #1:

    http://conference.jesusradicals.com/reading.php

    Anyway, I've begun the hunt, but in the meantime there's just gotta be something useful buried in all these links:

    http://zoecarnate.com/
  • Mike Morrell · 3 years ago
    You're onto something, Luke! In particular look here.
  • Mike Morrell · 3 years ago
    ...and here.
  • m · 3 years ago
    This might not be exactly what you're looking for, but a young married couple that my wife and I are good friends with started this community at at old Catholic Worker farm and they call it Bethlehem Farm: www.bethlehemfarm.net
  • Luke · 3 years ago
    Yikes, methinks chapter #4 is going to be awfully difficult.
  • Van S · 3 years ago
    Yeah, that will be the hardest to work on. I'll probably need to focus and hone it a bit. Pragmatism, at least the way I'm planning on articulating it, is a bit too broad.
  • Luke · 3 years ago
    From the little I know of it, Salvage Yard/Steiger House seems a fit for ch. 2.
  • James McMillan · 3 years ago
    Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC has been resisting on many fronts for over 50 years.

    Best of luck on the book -