Celtic Spirituality (Classics of Western Spirituality)

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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 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.