In the foreword of Claiborne’s book The Irresistible Revolution Jim Wallis informs us, “Shane is one of the best representatives of an emerging Christianity that could change the face of American religion and politics” (15).

Then completely consistent with the so-called “Christian” mysticism, which is a core doctrine in the corrupt theology of the Emergent Church, Claiborne praises apostate mystics who adapted meditation from pagan religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism.

Apprising Ministries points out that far from being new and “hip,” those who follow the misguided “evangelicals” like Shane Claiborne are actually headed right back into the religious bondage of the Dark Ages of apostate Roman Catholicism:

the desert fathers and mothers, [were] people of deep faith who found it necessary to go into the desert to find God. They lived in little clusters of communities… There is deep wisdom in the early desert monastic asceticism and the vow of poverty of centuries-old monastic movements,…(166,171)

See also:

MEDITATING ON CONTEMPLATIVE/CENTERING PRAYER

MEDITATING ON CONTEMPLATIVE/CENTERING PRAYER (2)

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR MYSTIC TEACHING COMES FROM: THOMAS MERTON