Rees takes readers on an armchair tour across the United Kingdom to the places where many Celtic saints worked and prayed.
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Elizabeth Rees is a Roman Catholic nun who runs a small retreat centre in the historic town of Glastonbury and leads courses on Celtic spirituality throughout the British Isles.
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Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Celtic tradition of spirituality is enjoying a huge revival. With its emphasis on the pervasiveness of the divine in the world around us, its legacy of incomparable artwork and the energy, vision and charm of its saints, Celtic Christianity appeals to the present day search for purity of spirit in a tarnished civilisation. Patrick, David, Aidan, Brigid and Columba are among the passionate wanderers of Celtic Christianity whose lives and inspiration are the subject of Elizabeth Rees' book. It is not easy to come close to the Celtic saints. With a very few exceptions, their biographies were written in medieval times, centuries after their lifetime. However, the sites where Celtic monks, nuns and missionary couples lived and worked can still be seen in the more remote parts of Britain. Their huts, holy wells and chapels are often set in beautiful landscapes: sheltered valleys, dramatic headlands and rocky islands. Archaeology, the study of sites, of place names, inscribed stones and early texts can provide us with further clues about how these men and women lived. In this book, the reader can take an armchair tour of the sites where some fifty Celtic saints worked and prayed, across Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Northumbria and Cornwall. The author's own evocative photographs accompany the text. All the sites included are accessible to visitors and so the book will encourage people to set out on their own journey of discovery to meet these men and women who have so enriched us with their culture, their artistry and their faith. Please see over for Contents. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR003097819
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Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Quarto in dark green and black color illus jacket; viii, 216 pages: color illustrations, maps; 27 cm. A lovely copy. Very well illustrated. Contents: Part I. Ireland -- 1. Patrick, a British Missionary -- 2. Declan, Prince of Ardmore -- 3. Brigit of Kildare -- 4. Ciaran of Clonmacnoise -- 5. Kevin of Glendalough -- 6. Brendan the Navigator -- 7. More Irish Saints -- Part II. Wales -- 8. David and His Mother, Non -- 9. Cadoc and the Great Southern Monasteries -- 10. Beuno, a Missionary in North Wales -- 11. Winifred's Healing Wells -- 12. Cadfan and the Breton Missionaries -- 13. Dynasty of Dunawd and Deiniol -- Part III. Scotland -- 14. Ninian, an Early Northern Saint -- 15. Kessog, a Prince from Cashel -- 16. Kentigern, Bishop of Glasgow -- 17. Columba, Abbot of Iona -- 18. Fillan, a Leinster Prince -- Part IV. Cornwall -- 19. Travels of Samson -- 20. Family of Brychan -- 21. Petroc, a Welsh Prince -- 22. Local Cornish Saints -- Part V. Northumbria and the Isle of Man -- 23. Aidan and King Oswald -- 24. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne -- 25. Isle of Man. / Christian saints, Celtic -- Great Britain. Christian saints, Celtic -- Ireland. Saints chr?tiens celtes -- Grande-Bretagne. Saints chr?tiens celtes -- Irlande. Christian saints, Celtic. Very fine in very fine jacket now housed in archival mylar. As new in new dust-jacket Presumed first ed. (No previous printings listed.). Seller Inventory # 94109