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Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 434553 2 423488 1 5 2004 Climbing Brandon: Science and Faith on Ireland's Holy Mountain total:11|5:4|4:2|3:5| 11 43 17 3 9845 3.92 375 84 42741602 1511078 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.90 10
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 5 0 false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 19:25:25 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 06:02:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 39536624 997245 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 3 0 false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 14:49:14 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 14:50:47 -0800 2008 6152346 179168 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 3 0 false Thu Sep 13 10:51:21 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 26 10:33:00 -0700 2008 78174588 1533974 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 0 0 false Wed Nov 18 04:43:40 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 04:44:10 -0800 2009 73520690 2808301 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 5 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 05 11:05:16 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 05:07:03 -0700 2009 60407063 2266450 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 5 0 false Sat Jun 20 08:28:14 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 08:28:14 -0700 2009 60200805 313584 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 0 0 false Thu Jun 18 13:02:26 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 13:02:26 -0700 2009 46867955 1135170 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 0 0 false Thu Feb 19 10:19:27 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 10:19:27 -0800 2009 46065901 1379040 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 4 0 false Wed Feb 11 13:57:28 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 13:57:28 -0800 2009 40401881 1765972 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 3 0 false Thu Dec 18 14:05:03 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 14:05:03 -0800 2008 32254819 726306 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 0 0 false Sun Sep 07 10:51:30 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 10:51:30 -0700 2008 26238948 1292817 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 3 0 false Thu Jul 03 14:28:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 14:28:00 -0700 2008 26043720 1289946 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 0 0 false Tue Jul 01 13:58:17 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 18:20:30 -0700 2008 24938433 128336 434551 0863223311 9780863223310 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748303m/434551.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748303s/434551.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434551.Climbing_Brandon 4.00 1
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 4 0 false Thu Jun 19 17:20:10 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 17:20:10 -0700 2008 11417146 720287 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 0 0 false Tue Jan 01 19:40:20 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 01 19:40:28 -0800 2008 5947685 273125 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 3 0 false Sun Sep 09 12:19:39 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 12:19:39 -0700 2007 4053236 233837 434553 0802714331 9780802714336 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304m/434553.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174748304s/434553.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434553.Climbing_Brandon_Science_and_Faith_on_Ireland_s_Holy_Mountain 3.91 11
Mount Brandon is one of several holy mountains in Ireland that attract scores of believers and secular trekkers from around the world. For thirty-two years, Chet Raymo has lived part of each year on the Dingle Peninsula, near the foot of the mountain, and he has climbed it perhaps a hundred times, exploring paths that have been used for centuries by pilgrims in search of spiritual enlightenment. But the history and geography of Mount Brandon are what drew Raymo to it and offered him a lens through which to view the modern conflicts between science and religion.

When Ireland converted from paganism, it became home to a kind of Christianity that was unique in Europe—intensely intellectual yet attuned to nature, skeptical yet celebratory, grounded in the here-and-now yet open to infinity. In this rich celebration of Mount Brandon, Raymo weaves together myth and science, folklore and natural history, spiritual and physical geographies. He takes us to a time on the wave-lashed edge of the Western world when Mediterranean Christianity ran up against Celtic nature worship and the Irish—with their fondness for ambiguity, double meanings, puns and riddles—forged a fusion of knowledge and faith that sustains us today.</div></div>]]> 2004 5 0 false Fri Aug 03 19:29:32 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 19:29:32 -0700 2007 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=434553