The Ordinary Radicals
Jamie Moffett, a member of Shane Claiborne's Simple Way community, recently finished a documentary entitled The Ordinary Radicals. The film examines the way people of faith are impacting society in profound ways. RELEVANT talked to Jamie about his experience making the film.
"Your new film, The Ordinary Radicals, examines how ordinary people of faith are changing society. What prompted you to explore that subject?
Well, the term that best my faith perspective is a "Recovering Catholic" agnostic: I feel I know that I don't know, but I'm excited about people who do and want to learn more from them. Having so many Christian and non-Christian friends, I noticed how often talking to one side seemed like talking to one side of a bad break-up. Both sides were truly hurt by the other, but no one wanted to talk about it.
My goal with this movie is to show this kind of Christianity has a lot in common with the secular community in regards to social justice, racial reconciliation, environmental justice and more. Not to forget, this movement is huge. It has the potential to be the largest social movement in the United States! It completely transcends political party affiliation and denominational boundaries. Secular folks are waking up to see Christians actually live this way; the movement completely defies traditional media stereotypes of Christians living in America." [Check out the full article here.]
"Your new film, The Ordinary Radicals, examines how ordinary people of faith are changing society. What prompted you to explore that subject?
Well, the term that best my faith perspective is a "Recovering Catholic" agnostic: I feel I know that I don't know, but I'm excited about people who do and want to learn more from them. Having so many Christian and non-Christian friends, I noticed how often talking to one side seemed like talking to one side of a bad break-up. Both sides were truly hurt by the other, but no one wanted to talk about it.
My goal with this movie is to show this kind of Christianity has a lot in common with the secular community in regards to social justice, racial reconciliation, environmental justice and more. Not to forget, this movement is huge. It has the potential to be the largest social movement in the United States! It completely transcends political party affiliation and denominational boundaries. Secular folks are waking up to see Christians actually live this way; the movement completely defies traditional media stereotypes of Christians living in America." [Check out the full article here.]
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