Follow this link to a story from the Toledo Blade about the New Monasticism, Some Christians seeking to get back to the basics of their faith are finding fulfillment in a movement known as the new monasticism.The new monasticism has been described as ‘a pro-church movement’ that focuses on five primary practices: reading Scripture as the story of God’s people; relocating to abandoned places; economic sharing; Gospel peacemaking, and cultivating a culture of grace and truth. While most Christian monks are Catholic or Orthodox, the new monastics are generally Protestants, http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081108/NEWS10/811080319 .
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