Celtic Christianity in Early Medieval Wales

Celtic Christianity in Early Medieval Wales
Author: Oliver Davies
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1996
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

This first full-length theological study of sources from early medieval Wales traces common Celtic features in early Welsh religious literature. The author explores the origins of the earliest Welsh tradition in the fusion of Celtic primal religion with primitive Christianity, and traces some considerable Irish influence. These specific Celtic spiritual emphases are examined in the religious poetry of the Black Book of Carmarthen, the Book of Taliesin and the Poets of the Princes, and in prose texts such as The Food of the Soul and the Life of Beuno. Many of these Welsh texts appear here in English translation for the first time.

The Archaeology of the Early Medieval Celtic Churches: No. 29

The Archaeology of the Early Medieval Celtic Churches: No. 29
Author: Nancy Edwards
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 753
Release: 2017-10-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351546570

This volume focuses on new research on the archaeology of the early medieval Celtic churches c AD 400-1100 in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, south-west Britain and Brittany. The 21 papers use a variety of approaches to explore and analyse the archaeological evidence for the origins and development of the Church in these areas. The results of a recent multi-disciplinary research project to identify the archaeology of the early medieval church in different regions of Wales are considered alongside other new research and the discoveries made in excavations in both Wales and beyond. The papers reveal not only aspects of the archaeology of ecclesiastical landscapes with their monasteries, churches and cemeteries, but also special graves, relics, craftworking and the economy enabling both comparisons and contrasts. They likewise engage with ongoing debates concerning interpretation: historiography and the concept of the Celtic Church, conversion to Christianity, Christianization of the landscape and the changing functions and inter-relationships of sites, the development of saints cults, sacred space and pilgrimage landscapes and the origins of the monastic town .

A New History of the Church in Wales

A New History of the Church in Wales
Author: Norman Doe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2020-03-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1108499570

Marks the centenary of the Church in Wales and critically assesses landmarks in its evolution.

Celtic Saints of Wales

Celtic Saints of Wales
Author: Elizabeth Rees
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2015-05
Genre: Christian saints, Celtic
ISBN: 9781781554623

Most books about Celtic saints are based on their legendary medieval lives. This book, however, focuses on the sites where these early Christians lived and worked. Archaeology, combined with early inscriptions and texts, offers us important clues which help us to piece together something of the fascinating world of early Christianity. The book is illustrated with the author's own evocative photographs of the sites where the Celtic saints of Wales worked and prayed. The reader is therefore drawn into the beautiful world which these men and women inhabited. 'Celtic Saints of Wales' includes accounts of most well-known saints, and a number of less famous individuals. It is not, however, exhaustive: lack of historical data means that there are hundreds more Celtic monks and nuns, of whom we know little beyond their names. The book is easy to read, with an Introduction and maps to pinpoint the sites described and photographed. It is aimed at a broad reading public. Since it is both readable and fully illustrated, it will appeal to anyone interested in history, landscape or spirituality, and to Welsh tourists. Based on sound scholarship, it will also be of value to students of history, religion and culture.

The Gnostic Celtic Church

The Gnostic Celtic Church
Author: John Michael Greer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2013-04
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781939790057

The GCC has chosen to establish what was once called a regular clergy, as distinct from a secular clergy-that is to say, something much closer to monks than to ministers. This was the core model for clergy in the old Celtic Church in Ireland, Wales, Brittany, and other Celtic nations, in the days before the Roman papacy imposed its rule on the lands of Europe's far west. Members of the Celtic clergy were monks first and foremost, living lives focused on service to the Divine rather than the needs of a congregation, and those who functioned as priests for local communities did so as a small portion of a monastic lifestyle that embraced many other dimensions. In all Gnostic traditions, personal religious experience is the goal that is set before each aspirant and the sole basis on which questions of a religious nature can be answered-certain teachings have been embraced as the core values from which the Gnostic Celtic Church as an organization derives its broad approach to spiritual issues. Those core teachings may be summarized in the words "Gnostic, Universalist, and Pelagian" which are described in this book.

Listening for the Heartbeat of God

Listening for the Heartbeat of God
Author: J. Philip Newell
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1997
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780809137596

An overview of Celtic spirituality and its implications for us today.