Celtic Christianity

Last week I gave a lecture at Beeson Divinity School on Celtic Christianity. Few subjects in all of Christian history are as captivating and mysterious as Celtic Spirituality and it’s difficult, if not entirely impossible, to understand the medieval European context without engaging, to some degree, the Celts.

This is the famous Chi Rho page of the Book of Kells that is on display at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. This picture is of great interest to me because it highlights the primacy of incarnational theology as it emerges out of the Celtic tradition. While I did not include the entirety of the lecture, I spliced together a short audio clip. Enjoy.

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