2014: The Next ‘Big Thing’ is US – The Rise of the New Monastics
The past few years have left many of us waiting around for the ‘Next Big Thing’ - or some grand televised miracle to happen. The world has recently been filled to overflowing with doomsayers and images of breakdown, violence, and corruption. Many of us have been distracted, or sidelined, into indifference. We were told we lacked the power to make any lasting change. The early years of the 21st century were largely media-centered on insecurity; and this insecurity and fear was used by opportunistic governments to strengthen incumbent structures of [...]