The Irresistible Revolution

Living as an Ordinary Radical

By: Shane Claiborne

Narrated by: Shane Claiborne

Many of us find ourselves caught somewhere between unbelieving activists and inactive believers. We can write a check to feed starving children or hold signs in the streets and feel like we've made a difference without ever encountering the faces of the suffering masses. In this book, Shane Claiborne describes an authentic faith rooted in belief, action, and love, inviting us into a movement of the Spirit that begins inside each of us and extends into a broken world.

Shane's faith led him to dress the wounds of lepers with Mother Teresa, visit families in Iraq amidst bombings, and dump $10,000 in coins and bills on Wall Street to redistribute wealth. Shane lives out this revolution each day in his local neighborhood, an impoverished community in North Philadelphia, by living among the homeless, helping local kids with homework, and "practicing resurrection" in the forgotten places of our world. Shane's message will comfort the disturbed, and disturb the comfortable . . . but will also invite us into an irresistible revolution. His is a vision for ordinary radicals ready to change the world with little acts of love.

Critic reviews

'This is the book that will not let me go....this book has called me, and many others, to action, to a different kind of life....if you read it seriously, it may mess with your mind, heart and even your life.'

Love.

This was a masterful delivery of the gospel of Christ clothed in modern reality and delivered through the lens of LOVE.

One of the best!

This is one of the best and most important books I've ever read!!! For anyone wanting more on their Christian life, give this book a listen! Maybe you won't agree with or want to implement everything (I don't), but there is so much food here!!! Challenging!!

My Step Daughter Recommended It

Any additional comments?

I'm over 50 and my 18 yr old step daughter recommended this book, both I think so that I would understand how she sees Christ and Christianity, and how I should consider it.It sat in my library for a year before I finally listened to it.It was a great book that hit right at my criticisms of church and Christianity. Churches have a challenge balancing their missions to serve and minister with maintenance and preservation. There are so many stories of pastors and church members sacrificing those they don't like so the church is a more comfortable place serving those who contribute financially or in other ways.Shane has the same concerns and addresses them in a non-judgmental and non-confrontational way.Shane talks about where he sees the churches should be; how ministering to the poor and downtrodden is one of the highest callings one can achieve, and how easy it is to lose site of this.In listening to this book I saw Christ in a more comfortable, more approachable way. His language was young and meant to appeal to youth, but I got over it.I enjoyed the read and recommend this book.

enlightening, encouraging, refreshing

Was recommended by a friend but was dubious as so much pretend “Christian-ist” noise seems to be everywhere these days. I found Irresistible Revolution actual hopeful — not only in content but that such a contemporary book even exists. Narrative is delivered in a relaxed unpretentious style. A genesis story about a guy evolving with recognized imperfections toward a perfect target. This book has a refreshing scent amid putrefying odors emanating from corruptions of and by evangelicals so ubiquitous today as well as the dissuading and alienating hypocrisy of Christians trying to lay claim to Christ (whose sandals they actually convince the unwitting that they themselves are worthy to unlace) over the past decades/centuries.

I can see the world with new eyes

There's so many things that we should know about the people around us, this book opened my eyes to see so much I can't see nor imagine it's happening around me and around the world. I always learn a lot from Shane's books. I highly recommend anyone to read this book.