Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West...Again

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Author: George G. Hunter

ISBN-10: 0687085853

ISBN-13: 9780687085859

Category: Celtic History

Celtic Christianity—the form of Christian faith that flourished among the people of Ireland during the Middle Ages—has gained a great deal of attention lately. George G. Hunter III points out that, while the attention paid to the Celtic Christians is well deserved, much of it fails to recognize the true genius of this ancient form of Christianity. What many contemporary Christians do not realize is that Celtic Christianity was one of the most successfully evangelistic branches of the church...

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The Celtic church converted Ireland from paganism to Christianity in a remarkably short period, and then sent missionaries throughout Europe. Evangelical churches would do well to learn from them.

Preface9Chapter 1The Gospel to the Irish13Chapter 2A New Kind of Community, a New Kind of Life26Chapter 3To the Picts, the Anglo-Saxons, and Other "Barbarians"36Chapter 4The Celtic Christian Community in Formation and Mission47Chapter 5How Celtic Christianity Communicated the Gospel56Chapter 6The Missionary Perspective of Celtic Christianity76Chapter 7The "Celtic" Future of the Christian Movement in the West95Notes122Selected Bibliography on Celtic Christianity138Index141