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Sure to be of exceptional interest among scholars as well as recreational readers is this volume in the esteemed Classics of Western Spirituality(TM) series. Celtic Spirituality offers translations of numerous texts from the Celtic tradition from the 6th through the 13th centuries, in a cross-section of genres and forms, including saints' lives, monastic texts, poetry, devotional texts, liturgical texts, apocrypha, exegetical texts, and theological treatises. Davies has written a helpful introduction, which covers the origins and characteristics of Celtic Christianity and the different genres included in body of the work. He provides readers with insight into the style, form, and character of the texts, including explanation of the Celtic emphasis on orality, the importance of place, emphasis on the environment and animals, and the role of the imagination. With its wide diversity of texts and emphasis on a current of spirituality that is both popular, historical, and inspirational, this volume will be important for scholars of spirituality and Celtic history as well as persons of Celtic descent. +
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The Classics of Western Spirituality: Celtic Spirituality, Professor Thomas O'Loughlin, Oliver Ford Davies
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- Année de publication
- 1999
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- Titre
- The Classics of Western Spirituality: Celtic Spirituality
- Langue
- Anglais
- Éditeur
- Paulist Press
- Publié
- 1999
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 550
- ISBN10
- 0809138948
- ISBN13
- 9780809138944
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Thème historique, Esotérisme & Religion, Thèmes religieux, Religion, Manuels et guides, Spiritualité et spiritualisme, Thèmes chrétiens, Théologie, Inspiration, Irlande, Éthique, Littérature irlandaise, Histoire des religions, Sources historiques
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- Sure to be of exceptional interest among scholars as well as recreational readers is this volume in the esteemed Classics of Western Spirituality(TM) series. Celtic Spirituality offers translations of numerous texts from the Celtic tradition from the 6th through the 13th centuries, in a cross-section of genres and forms, including saints' lives, monastic texts, poetry, devotional texts, liturgical texts, apocrypha, exegetical texts, and theological treatises. Davies has written a helpful introduction, which covers the origins and characteristics of Celtic Christianity and the different genres included in body of the work. He provides readers with insight into the style, form, and character of the texts, including explanation of the Celtic emphasis on orality, the importance of place, emphasis on the environment and animals, and the role of the imagination. With its wide diversity of texts and emphasis on a current of spirituality that is both popular, historical, and inspirational, this volume will be important for scholars of spirituality and Celtic history as well as persons of Celtic descent. +