Christ in Celtic Christianity by Emeritus Michael W Herren
A new interpretation of Celtic Christianity, supported by images of Christ taken from manuscripts, metalwork and sculpture, and showing how it departed from continental practice largely due to a differing perception and application of Pelagianism.
This comprehensive, if controversial, study of the Christology of the late antique and early medieval British church is undoubtedly one of the most learned and substantial contributions to appear in the field of Celtic Christianity* MEDIEVAL REVIEW *
Stimulating. * EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE *
[The authors] have shed a great deal of light on many features of the early churches of Ireland and Britain. Their profound scholarship is manifested in countless ways. * THE INNES REVIEW *
A fascinating picture of early Celtic Christianity [that] will be critical to subsequent scholarship. * SPECULUM *
Nuanced and very well researched....Overall this is an important book. * CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW *
This is an important book....There is much of great value in this study. * JNL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *
The writing is consistently engaging and renders the arcana of late-antique / early medieval religious thought eminently accessible and even compelling. * CELTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER *
Stimulating. * EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE *
[The authors] have shed a great deal of light on many features of the early churches of Ireland and Britain. Their profound scholarship is manifested in countless ways. * THE INNES REVIEW *
A fascinating picture of early Celtic Christianity [that] will be critical to subsequent scholarship. * SPECULUM *
Nuanced and very well researched....Overall this is an important book. * CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW *
This is an important book....There is much of great value in this study. * JNL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *
The writing is consistently engaging and renders the arcana of late-antique / early medieval religious thought eminently accessible and even compelling. * CELTIC STUDIES ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER *
Shirley Ann Brown is Professor Emerita of Art History at York University, Toronto. She has published bibliographies and numerous studies of the Bayeux Tapestry, both in the context of medieval art and culture and concerning its appropriation as nationalistic propaganda in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She is also Founding Director of the Registry of Stained Glass Windows in Canada (RSGC).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843837138 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843837137 |
| Title | Christ in Celtic Christianity |
| Author | Emeritus Michael W Herren |
| Series | Studies In Celtic History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-05-17 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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