Shane Claiborne
Shane Claiborne is a prominent speaker, activist, and best-selling author. Shane worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, and founded The Simple Way in Philadelphia. He heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of folks who are committed to living "as if Jesus meant the things he said." Shane is a champion for grace which has led him to jail while advocating for the homeless, and to places like Iraq and Afghanistan to stand against war. Now grace fuels his passion to end the death penalty and help stop gun violence.
Shane’s books include Jesus for President, Red Letter Revolution, Common Prayer, Follow Me to Freedom, Jesus, Bombs and Ice Cream, Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers, Executing Grace, his classic The Irresistible Revolution, and his newest book, Beating Guns. He has been featured in a number of films including "Another World Is Possible" and "Ordinary Radicals." His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Shane speaks over one hundred times a year, nationally and internationally. His work has appeared in Esquire, SPIN, Christianity Today, TIME, and The Wall Street Journal, and he has been on everything from Fox News and Al Jazeera to CNN and NPR. He’s given academic lectures at Harvard, Princeton, Liberty, Duke, and Notre Dame.
Shane speaks regularly at denominational gatherings, festivals, and conferences around the globe.
Shane is mindful of the impact our hyper-mobile culture has on creation. He always asks each group hosting him to work to offset the amount of carbon he uses traveling to the location. He asks us to be creative – definitely carpool if you can, maybe ride your bicycle to this event, plant trees, use more LED bulbs, donate to plantwithpurpose.org , … Shane asks us to stir up our imagination so that this event has as much integrity as possible, even when it comes to things like the environmental impact. Thanks for making the effort to meet this request. Every little effort counts!
Shane’s books include Jesus for President, Red Letter Revolution, Common Prayer, Follow Me to Freedom, Jesus, Bombs and Ice Cream, Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers, Executing Grace, his classic The Irresistible Revolution, and his newest book, Beating Guns. He has been featured in a number of films including "Another World Is Possible" and "Ordinary Radicals." His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Shane speaks over one hundred times a year, nationally and internationally. His work has appeared in Esquire, SPIN, Christianity Today, TIME, and The Wall Street Journal, and he has been on everything from Fox News and Al Jazeera to CNN and NPR. He’s given academic lectures at Harvard, Princeton, Liberty, Duke, and Notre Dame.
Shane speaks regularly at denominational gatherings, festivals, and conferences around the globe.
Shane is mindful of the impact our hyper-mobile culture has on creation. He always asks each group hosting him to work to offset the amount of carbon he uses traveling to the location. He asks us to be creative – definitely carpool if you can, maybe ride your bicycle to this event, plant trees, use more LED bulbs, donate to plantwithpurpose.org , … Shane asks us to stir up our imagination so that this event has as much integrity as possible, even when it comes to things like the environmental impact. Thanks for making the effort to meet this request. Every little effort counts!