@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt163t8s9.10, ISBN = {9781922239365}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt163t8s9.10}, abstract = {The nineteenth century provides both background to, and valuable insight into, the tension between ‘the political’ and ‘the mystical’ as they then coalesce in the experience of developments throughout the twentieth century which gives rise to new forms of ecclesial community. In these new forms we also see evidence of how ‘the mystical’ and ‘the political’ form alliance into illustrations of either a ‘politics of mysticism’ or a ‘mysticism of politics’. This chapter explores those lay movements, intrinsically spiritual in character, which develop in the twentieth century. As spiritual movements that are lay and, thereby suggesting the possibility of Christian}, bookauthor = {DAVID RANSON}, booktitle = {Between the 'Mysticism of Politics' and the 'Politics of Mysticism'}, pages = {145--182}, title = {Twentieth Century Lay Movements}, year = {2014} }