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Tables of Contents for Celtic Christianity
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
1. Ancient Celts and Modern Christians
1
17
Origin and Ways of the Celts
5
7
Are There Any Modern Celts Today?
12
4
The Celtic Tradition and the Christian Church
16
2
2. Christianity Comes to the Celts
18
15
The Celtic Church and Rome
21
2
Non-Roman Influences on the Celtic Church
23
1
A Church of Place
24
2
A Church of People
26
7
3. Celtic Monasticism
33
24
Introduction of Monasticism to the Celts
35
6
Celtic Monastic Women
41
5
Monks as Pilgrims on a Journey
46
3
Columcille: The Warrior Monk
49
3
Columban: Feisty Monk Evangelizer
52
3
The Monastic Inheritance
55
2
4. Crises and Continuation
57
24
Celtic Doctrinal Controversies
58
4
Conflict of Celtic Practices and Observances
62
5
Celi De and Monastic Reform
67
6
The Viking Invasions
73
2
Celtic High Crosses and Towers
75
6
5. Decline
81
17
Church Reform in Ireland
82
5
The Anglo-Norman Invasion
87
5
The Protestant Reformation
92
6
6. The Darkest Hour
98
30
The Cromwellian Colonization
99
2
The Eighteenth-Century Penal Laws
101
4
The Great Hunger (1845-50)
105
3
The New Irish Church
108
8
Wine, Women, and Avarice
116
5
Irish-American Spirituality
121
7
7. Twilight or Dawn?
128
18
Forging an Irish Identity
129
2
The Irish Literary and Cultural Revival
131
4
A Spiritual Reclamation
135
5
Communal Efforts of Celtic Renewal
140
6
8. Contemporary Vision
146
17
A Lesson for the Church of Today
149
4
A Personal Spirituality for Today
153
5
Celtic Christianity: A Choice
158
5
Notes
163
8
Bibliography
171
4
Index
175