Dwelling Places

The Practice and Witness of Intentional Christian Communities

Lakshmi Piette Walker (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2026
SCM Press (Verlag)
978-0-334-06730-6 (ISBN)

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Dwelling Places aims to inspire the Church—laity and clergy alike—by giving voice to the often-overlooked, socially and spiritually transformative witness of present-day intentional Christian communities (ICCs). Drawing on her personal experience of dwelling alongside several UK-based ICCs, Lakshmi Piette Walker introduces a seven-fold typology based on ICC operational structure, intended purpose, and spiritual charism.

Each chapter focuses on one of the seven types of community, this typology providing an accessible framework for understanding and referring to the diversity of ICCs today, expanding ICC vocabulary in ways which can help expand the imagination.

Bringing attention to the diversity of contemporary UK ICCs, and their differences in operation and charism, and challenging overly narrow conceptions of intentional community, this volume offers readers new language and imagination for what the Christian life can look like. Rich in both practical insights – e.g. rhythms of life, membership structures, financial models – anthropological reflection – addressing community demographics, transience, boundaries, and sustainability – and theological reflection – how the presence of God is made manifest – Dwelling Places invites seekers, laity, clergy, academics, church-goers, and church-sceptics alike, to be inspired by, and to learn from, the life-changing witness of ICCs.

Lakshmi Piette Walker is a writer, researcher, podcaster and practitioner, passionate about sharing the witness of intentional Christian communities as places of profound spiritual and social transformation. She is completing her Master of Divinity at Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, Indiana, specializing in intentional Christian community. She is the founder and host of the Dwelling Place podcast and blog, and lives in Cumbria, UK where she is a part of the emerging Rose Community.

Preface: Welcome

1 Communities of Hospitality
2 Communities of Belonging
3 Communities of Young Adult Formation
4 Communities of Young Adult Fellowship
5 Communities of Neighbourhood Fellowship
6 Communities of Centering Prayer
7 Communities of Lifelong Commitment

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Community Information & Further Reading

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.3.2026
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
ISBN-10	0-334-06730-8 / 0334067308
ISBN-13	978-0-334-06730-6 / 9780334067306
Zustand	Neuware