Celtic Christian Spirituality

A workshop from April through June 2001 at the Theological Department of the University of Leipzig in connection with our friends at the Queen's College Birmingham

April 06	Introduction	handout
April 20	The ancient Celts (history)
April 27	The ancient Celts (religion)	-
May 04	'Celtic Church', Celtic saints and peregrinatio
May 11	'Celtophobia' on the Continent - St. Boniface	-
May 18	The Celtic mission's ecumenical impact	-
May 25 double	Celtic Christian Spirituality (CCS) today? Theological questions and lasting importance
June 01	Celtic prayers, blessings and poetry	-
June 22	Celtic music and liturgy
June 29	feedback

• Saving Celtic Christianity, by Loren Wilkinson
• Bits from a workshop held at celtichorizons.org 
• Prayers and Blessings
• a small collection of web-links
• maps of the Celtic speaking world
  • 800-500 BC
  • 200 BC (120 KB)
  • after the Romans
  • a diagram of Celtic languages
  • monasticism on the Continent (106 KB)
  • monasticism on the British Isles (168 KB)
• Chronology of Celtic and Celtic Christian history

• James, Simon: Das Zeitalter der Kelten, Düsseldorf 1996 [with 300 images; orig.: Exploring the world of the Celts, London 1993]
• Newell, Philip J.: Listening for the Heartbeat of God. A Celtic Spirituality, New York 1998.
• Trautwein, Dieter: Heil von den Inseln, Konstanz 1993.
• Haendler, Gert: Die lateinische Kirche im Zeitalter der Karolinger, Berlin 1985 [Kirchengeschichte in Einzeldarstellungen; 7]
• Vogt, Hermann: Kulturen der Einsamkeit. Der keltische Rand Europas, Darmstast 1994
• The Celts. Video documentation by Glyn Shakeshaft. Producer: Caryl Ebenezer, J. Mervyn Williams. An Opus Television production for S4C and S4C international in association with Comtaidh Craolaidh Gaidhing, © 2000, dt. Fassung: © Phoenix / ZDF Enterprises 2001