Celtic Spirituality: Classics of Western Spirituality

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A Biblical Training Class. The Theology of Henri de Lubac: The Roots of Fundamentalism: British and American Millenarianism, The rich and diverse collection of texts newly translated from Latin, Irish and Welsh marks a landmark in the study of Celtic Christianity. In these pages we find saints' lives, sermons, liturgy, monastic rules, penitentials and exegesis as well as devotional texts, poems and works of theology. The effect is to create a sense of a Christian civilization that is deeply life-affirming, imbued with a pervasive sense of divine presence and wonderfully at ease with itself.

The history of the texts is outlined in the introduction, as is the early history of Christianity among the Celtic peoples. Oliver Davies offers the reader an authoritative though accessible discussion of the complexities of the term Celtic and the debate surrounding the existence of a distinctively Celtic kind of Christianity resulting from an original interaction between Celtic primal religionsand the missionary Christianity of the ancient world.

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May we shine forever in Thy holy temple. Here's a list of some tasty Celtic blogs and other friendly links. Visitors to the blog.

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Feedjit Feedjit Live Blog Stats. Brendan beer golf newspapers. The Carmina Gadelica Number 4: The Wisdom of the Celtic Saints Number 3: An Introduction to Celtic Christianity Number 2: I wonder whether the combination of an intense love of the natural world and an intense admiration for asceticism that one sees so often in Celtic Christianity is a combination that occurs naturally in the human heart, and even logically in the human mind. I would say that it does. Sep 16, Evan Hays rated it really liked it Shelves: Well, I am not done reading this book it is a compendium really, so I will be working on it slowly over the years , but I have read all of the introductory material, lots of the shorter stuff, and the full text of St.

Since I have gotten this far, I figured I would write a brief review and take it off of my currently reading list. The only reason I am giving this four rather than 5 stars is I wish I had it in hardback and I wish the layout was nicer, including relevant Celtic i Well, I am not done reading this book it is a compendium really, so I will be working on it slowly over the years , but I have read all of the introductory material, lots of the shorter stuff, and the full text of St.


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The only reason I am giving this four rather than 5 stars is I wish I had it in hardback and I wish the layout was nicer, including relevant Celtic images. The content here is excellent--worth chewing on for a lifetime.

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So much beauty, wisdom, and just pure natural love for God and His creation comes across in this work. This book is essential to have if you want to learn more about Celtic Christianity, especially so that you can get into the primary documents.

Here is one brief example. I love the monastic tradition, and want to continue to learn more about it. But lest I become to romantic in my thinking about it, all I need to do is read some of the rules for monastic life contained in here. Yeah, that was a tough life--all about abnegation. But somehow, they still loved life and cherished the community. Beauty in paradox and the blessings of God. This primary source collection was assigned in the only Theological Studies course I took during my undergraduate degree.

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That A was the hardest of my first year in university to obtain, and although the texts in this collection are not the easiest to interpret, they are well worth the intellectual struggle. Aug 03, Diane rated it it was amazing.

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This book includes works from the Celtic Christian tradition, concentrating on Ireland and Wales. The book also includes an introduction that discusses the development of a distinctive Celtic Christianity.


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Nov 13, Pat Loughery rated it it was amazing Shelves: THE reference for Celtic Christianity. Must be on the bookshelves of those who need primary references. David Hirt rated it liked it Jan 24, Laura King rated it liked it Jul 15, Jim Hunt rated it it was amazing Apr 06, Shirley Gaskin rated it really liked it Jan 06, Jason Carr rated it it was amazing Jul 06, Melissa rated it liked it Nov 16, Laura Zane rated it liked it Feb 01, Seth Bouchelle rated it really liked it Feb 08, Amy rated it liked it Jul 29, Joshua Greer rated it it was ok Jan 15, Carla rated it it was amazing Jul 24, Sherry Smith rated it it was amazing Mar 09, Jack rated it it was amazing Mar 28,