There has been some discussion of New Monasticism recently. The movement seeks to do what it says and to reinterpret classic monasticism in light of contemporary culture.
According to newmonasticism.org the twelve marks of the movement are:
Relocation to the abandoned places of Empire. (This is interpreted as the inner-city and places overlooked by the [...]
Last week some asked about the trident that a figure was holding in each of the pictures I showed from the Martyr’s Mirror. I’ve been busily asking the question of people who know about this sort of thing, and have received the following answer from John Rempel, who is the Associate Professor of Theology [...]
You can get the full text of the Martyr’s mirror online here. Hi-res images (some of which I showed yesterday) are here.
The book is not only an account of Anabaptist martyrs, but seeks to documents all martyrdoms in the first sixteen centuries of the church.
As to the man with the three pronged staff, I [...]
The website I mentioned yesterday, in case you didn’t get it down, is the Anabaptist Network. You’ll also find material on post-Christendom there.
