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 enlarge | Author: J. Philip Newell
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
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Pages: 160
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0470183500
Dewey Decimal Number: 230.089916
EAN: 9780470183502
ASIN: 0470183500
Publication Date: May 2, 2008
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 Christ of the Celts June 9, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Phillip Newell is one of my favorite writers. He has the ability to bring together the ideas in a way that is easy to understand, clear even when somewhat complicated, and beautiful.
the memory of the song June 8, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Newell manages to build a bridge for me between the natural world of Celtic religion and the structured liturgy of my Anglican faith. This book has opened my eyes and heart to a fuller understanding of creation and our place within it. Some parts puzzle me, which is good because it sends me seeking for more answers, but mostly this book has answered many questions for me. I'm on my second read through and will probably read it many more times before I'm through. A truly heartwarming, uplifting and challenging read.
Excellent June 5, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Every Western Christian should read this book. It challenged a lot of the preconceived ideas and much of the teaching I have received in traditional western Christian churches. It is very well written and has opened up new doors in my personal journey with Christ. One of the best books I have read as a Christian.
 Old heterodoxy repackaged. June 2, 2008
6 out of 24 found this review helpful
The writer falls into three errors.
First, he denies the doctrine of 'creation out of nothing.' If we deny creation out of nothing, then it follows that God's creative fiat acted upon pre-existing matter, which begs the question of where this pre-existing matter came from. If it always was there, then we have something else eternal except God, and that cannot be. If it was willed into existance by other than God, then we have two Creators, or a Creator (whoever willed it into existance) and a Demiurge (the one who shaped it), and neither of those are compatable with Judeo-Christian theology, and is probably pretty dicy for Islam as well.
Second, he denies the Virgin Birth. However, if Jesus was concieved in the ordinary way, then He was just a man, or at best a man touched with God's spirit in a special way. That is Adoptionism; for the deficiencies of Adoptionism, I will refer you to Bp. C.Fitsimmons Allison's "The Cruelty of Heresy." It is also unscriptural. Luke and Matthew make it clear that Mary was not pregnant by any human intervention, and John says of the Incarnate Word that he was "born not of the will of a man" (alternative translation, "born not of the will of a husband".)
Third, he denies original sin. How anyone can look at the history of the 20th C., with the two World Wars, the Holocaust, the ravages of Stalin and Mao, the Killing Fields of Cambodia, and the like--or even the individual evils of the likes of Ed Gein, Charles Manson, Jeff Dahlmer, Ted Bundy, and their ilk--and not conclude that there is something very, very wrong with the way human beings are put together morally.
Review from Thin Places May 27, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Christ of the Celts: The Healing of Creation
by J. Philip Newell
Those who have heard J. Philip Newell in person--in the
Twin Cities or at Ghost Ranch or elsewhere--and those
who have read his earlier books will recognize his gentle,
clear and the sometimes "eyes twinkling" lilt to his voice
and his down-to-earth yet subtle mind in his just released
Christ of the Celts. Drawing upon his ongoing research,
he shares his understanding of the deeply lived faith of the
Celtic Christians, the unceasing wish among many of
them to be open and responsive to God's presence in
every element of creation and of their daily lives.
And in this book, subtitled The Healing of Creation,
Philip particularly explores the theological and daily living
implications--for the Celtic Christians and for us--of the
repeated refrain in the creation story, "And God saw that
it was good. . . ."
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Christ of the Celts is at the same time both an "easy read"
and movingly powerful. Lessons to be learned from the
Celtic Christians seem not just historically interesting but
seem to offer understandings that may be crucial for
Christians in this time and this place.
Marilyn & Alan Youel, for Thin Places
www.thinplaces.us Click 52 for whole review
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