Thoughts on Christian Community
. . .from Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, author and activist in the 'new monasticism' movement:
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The Barbarian Conversion
Richard Fletcher [ The Barbarian Conversion ] notes that ancient Christendom was not monolithic: In terms of custom and practice there were many churches in sixth- and seventh-century Europe, not One Church. Christendom was many-mansioned. Fletcher talks about the motif of exile in the monastic expansion. Christians, following the writing of Augustine, saw themselves as exiles and pilgrims and then the monastics took this exile literally. They often left their homeland and people to found monastic missions amongst others. Fletcher says: Pilgrimage, in the sense of ascetic renunciation of homeland and kinsfolk, is of special importance in our understanding of the phenomenon of conversion in the early Middle Ages. Pilgrimage merged insensibly into mission. The monasteries that were founded by the exiled holy men had something of the character of mission stations. It was not that they were established primarily among pagans; indeed, they could not have been, dependent as they were on we...
did not see a place to message any of you about the blog from '08 re: "An Anglican Community", but am interested in Anglicans living in community. i found one in my city. it's a bit intense with pretty direct questioning put to people as they share personal stuff: daunting, but productive, if you can tolerate this as you are just getting to know the group! there's also some inclusivism or universalism. -all to say, there's one in my city, but for various reasons, but i'm still looking. please do keep me up on communal groups that are forming, discussion groups, forums on the subject.
ReplyDeleteLeeAnn, so sorry, but I just saw that this comment was in the pipeline. Please let us know if you find something out there.
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