Celtic Christianity: A Sacred Tradition, a Vision of Hope

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Author: Timothy J. Joyce

ISBN-10: 1570751765

ISBN-13: 9781570751769

Category: Christianity - Comparative Studies

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Preface1Ancient Celts and Modern Christians1Origin and Ways of the Celts5Are There Any Modern Celts Today?12The Celtic Tradition and the Christian Church162Christianity Comes to the Celts18The Celtic Church and Rome21Non-Roman Influences on the Celtic Church23A Church of Place24A Church of People263Celtic Monasticism33Introduction of Monasticism to the Celts35Celtic Monastic Women41Monks as Pilgrims on a Journey46Columcille: The Warrior Monk49Columban: Feisty Monk Evangelizer52The Monastic Inheritance554Crises and Continuation57Celtic Doctrinal Controversies58Conflict of Celtic Practices and Observances62Celi De and Monastic Reform67The Viking Invasions73Celtic High Crosses and Towers755Decline81Church Reform in Ireland82The Anglo-Norman Invasion87The Protestant Reformation926The Darkest Hour98The Cromwellian Colonization99The Eighteenth-Century Penal Laws101The Great Hunger (1845-50)105The New Irish Church108Wine, Women, and Avarice116Irish-American Spirituality1217Twilight or Dawn?128Forging an Irish Identity129The Irish Literary and Cultural Revival131A Spiritual Reclamation135Communal Efforts of Celtic Renewal1408Contemporary Vision14SA Lesson for the Church of Today149A Personal Spirituality for Today153Celtic Christianity: A Choice158Notes163Bibliography171Index175