15 Facts About Shane Claiborne

Shane Claiborne was born on July 11,1975 and is an American evangelical Christian and founder, an author and organizational leader.

Shane Claiborne is one of the founders of the non-profit organization, The Simple Way, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, cofounder of the Red-Letter Christians, and has been described as a founder, as well, of the New Monastic movement.

Shane Claiborne was born July 11,1975, and grew up in Maryville, Tennessee.

Shane Claiborne's father, who was a Vietnam War veteran, died when Shane was 9 years old.

Shane Claiborne studied sociology and youth ministry at Eastern University and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 1997.

Shane Claiborne has written about how his work with Mother Teresa impacted him and made him realize the need to support a consistent life ethic, to protect all human life from conception to natural death.

Shane Claiborne spent three weeks in Baghdad with the Iraq Peace Team, a project of Voices in the Wilderness and Christian Peacemaker Teams.

Shane Claiborne was witness to the military bombardment of Baghdad as well as the militarized areas between Baghdad and Amman.

Shane Claiborne is a board member for the nationwide Christian Community Development Association.

Shane Claiborne lost all of his possessions in the fire.

Shane Claiborne co-directed the three volume Another World is Possible DVD series.

Shane Claiborne wrote the foreword to Ben Lowe's 2009 book Green Revolution: Coming Together to Care for Creation.

Shane Claiborne withheld a portion of his income taxes meant to correspond to the percentage of the federal budget spent on the military, donating that money instead to charity.

Shane Claiborne wrote a public letter to the Internal Revenue Service to explain his decision.

In 2010, Shane Claiborne received an honorary doctorate from Eastern University.