Every Earthly Blessing: Rediscovering the Celtic Tradition - Softcover

Esther De Waal; De Waal, Esther

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0819218065 ISBN 13: 9780819218063

Publisher: Morehouse Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

This concise and clear introduction to Celtic spirituality provides an overview of all aspects of Celtic understandings. By providing readers not only with a narrative, but with the poetry and songs of the ancient Celts, she explores Celtic views of pilgrimage, solitude, creation, and healing. De Waal also looks at their understanding of core Christian concepts, such as sin, sorrow, salvation, and the cross. Written accessibly, this book is excellent for parish study as well as individual reading.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"I have written this book with one purpose and one hope, and that is that it will encourage others to discover for themselves some of the riches that I have myself found in the Celtic tradition," writes Esther de Waal. What she finds there, and invites readers to discover as well, are early Christian perspectives that are as relevant today as they were in Celtic times.

This concise and clear introduction to Celtic spirituality provides an overview of all aspects of Celtic understandings. By providing readers not only with a narrative, but with the poetry and songs of the ancient Celts, she explores Celtic views of pilgrimage, solitude, creation, and healing. De Waal also looks at their understanding of core Christian concepts, such as sin, sorrow, salvation, and the cross. Written accessibly, this book is excellent for parish study as well as individual reading.

Esther de Waal is an Anglican lay woman who is living in the Welsh borders where she grew up. She is a writer and lecturer, conducting retreats around the world. She is the author of many books including Living with Contradiction: An Introduction to Benedictine Spirituality, A Celtic Way of Prayer, and Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict.

A free study guide for this book may be accessed through Morehouse Publishing's website at www.morehousegroup.com

Review:

... deeply satisfying... This wonderful overview of Celtic spirituality is a classic in the field. -- Values and Visions

... enlightening book, reassuring in this unsettling world... It is to me spellbinding... infinitely rereadable. -- Barbara Gent, National Altar Guild Association Newsletter

... excellent addition to your personal collection of works on spirituality, and is also a wonderful resource to prayer circles... inspires. -- Spiritual Book News

...among the books that first inspired my own interest in the Celtic Christian tradition. -- Philip Sheldrake, author of Living Between Worlds: Place and Journey in Celtic Spirituality

Among the plethora of books on Celtic spirituality... this one remains a treasure... for beginners and Celtic students... -- Timothy Joyce, OSB, author of Celtic Christianity, Spiritual Book Associates

Hundreds of books on Celtic spirituality have been published... none has surpassed it... perceptive insight... without romanticizing it... -- Cintra Pemberton, O.S. H., author of Soulfaring: Celtic Pilgrimage Then and Now

About this edition

• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0819218065
• ISBN 13: 9780819218063
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160