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The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West...Again
Describes Celtic Christianity as one of the most successfully evangelistic branches of the church in history. Shows what the contemporary church can learn.
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
February 15th 2000
by Abingdon Press
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Hunter's book is a perfect example of the disconnect between professional and amateur Celtic studies. In his defense, the author is up front about his lack of expertise in most things Celtic, but this is not an encouraging bit of honesty when it comes to the practical application of his book. Similar to saying "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV," to a patient right before the anaesthesia kicks in.
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Loved the book with the exception of the concluding chapter. Hunter does a good job succinctly analyzing the history and effects of Celtic Christianity starting with St. Patrick. Looking at their models for evangelism, Hunter explains how Celtic Christianity expanded so quickly while Roman Christianity failed to evangelize the same regions. Hunter also examines the parallels of Roman Christianity then with established, denominational Christianity today.
Pros: Short book, 120 pages or ...more
Pros: Short book, 120 pages or ...more
I was recommended this book by a friend. While I did agree with some of the key points the author makes about a "successful" approach to evangelism and what he thinks to be a more effective way to build a church community, I was disappointed with his lack of reference to the Bible and to Jesus. Considering the title of this book and now knowing the content, you would think with this book being directed towards Christians that the author would back his references with scripture to vaild...more
“The Celtic Way of Evangelism” by George G. Hunter III is an interesting, somewhat informative, trite and simplistic study of early Celtic Christianity and its historical role in missions and evangelism.
The book begins strong with a solid synopsis of Patrick, the “Apostle to the Irish” and does a decent job of telling the high points of Patrick’s life and ministry. Hunter does an equally good job in describing the community and lives of early Celtic Christianity, expressed in their l...more
The book begins strong with a solid synopsis of Patrick, the “Apostle to the Irish” and does a decent job of telling the high points of Patrick’s life and ministry. Hunter does an equally good job in describing the community and lives of early Celtic Christianity, expressed in their l...more
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This book is great in explaining a lot of the thought about the goals of Highland's Christian community and how we desire it to be in engaging our culture and not hiding from it. The basic premise is contrasting two ancient Christian communities, the Roman model and the Celtic model. Roman/eastern communities organized to protest and escape corruption of the world; Celtic communities organized to penetrate the pagan world and extend the Church. The Roman model was to save their own souls; the...more
Excellent and fitting study, as the author says, building on the work of Cahill.
One weakness: after accurately identifying the characteristics of the gospel contextualization Patrick and his disciples accomplished, he rather uncritically accepts the mega-church as a model of providing community(!) through a raft of programs. A person from another culture once commented accurately that the church in America is staggering under the weight of programs.
It was not observed that i...more
One weakness: after accurately identifying the characteristics of the gospel contextualization Patrick and his disciples accomplished, he rather uncritically accepts the mega-church as a model of providing community(!) through a raft of programs. A person from another culture once commented accurately that the church in America is staggering under the weight of programs.
It was not observed that i...more
You'd never guess the author was American by his name, and he does suffer a little from a typically American romanticised view of the early Celtic Church, but it still has something to say about effective culturally appropriate models of missiology
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St. Patrick is my new hero. This is an excellent book on a historically successful form of mission work.
Loved the history lesson in this about the different approaches to sharing the gospel.
This was a superficial treatment of what I'm sure is a deep and unique branch of the Christian tradition. Hunter uses bizarre and inappropriate analogies to describe the Celtic way of faith which reduces it to little more than a clique. Roman Christianity and Celtic Christianity can not be reduced to the concepts of "left brain" and "right brain." Both side of the divide were and are deep and rich and both would have many aspects that could be described in these terms. There ...more
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Like most books in this genre, there's a bit of a historical glorification and tweeking going on, in this case, St. Patrick is made to be a little less Roman Catholic than he really was, but, the research behind what prompted Celtic Christianity to spread like it did seems to be much more solid.
In the end, Hunter identifies basic strategies to use when your goal is to share the faith, over time, with people who are truly disconnected from Christianity.
In the end, Hunter identifies basic strategies to use when your goal is to share the faith, over time, with people who are truly disconnected from Christianity.
Hunter recounts the history of Celtic Christianity and uses this history as a paradigm for a contemporary missionary approach. Reflecting Celtic Christianity’s communal, monastic, and artistic emphases (including hospitality, seeker participation, and imaginative prayer), Celtic evangelism utilizes the speaker’s ethos to capture and engage the audience’s pathos with the logos of the Gospel – it is a holistic approach. B+
As a Christian who belongs to a church where you can "belong before you believe" this book should be must-reading as, apparently, it was St. Patrick, living among the Celtics, that invented this practice. To boot my church meets in a former Catholic church building which is decorated with Celtic crosses. St. Patrick's never-dying soul is doubtless pleased!
I read this for an Adult Sunday School Class. It is well presented, thoughtful and worth considering as a Christian for Evangelism!
So far, an INCREDIBLE book on another Christian perspective on Life and Community. Basically a look at the style, ideas, and practices of St. Patrick (and those after him).
VERY interesting history sections. Wonderful insights into how they lived-out their Christian-values.
VERY interesting history sections. Wonderful insights into how they lived-out their Christian-values.
comparisons between postmodern culture and celtic cultures. insights into how the Celtic way of living out Christianity may be something postmodern christians can identify with. Perhaps better than a lot of the established traditions now around in the west. I really liked this book.
Short, but good.
I think after reading this book that I am even more curious about Ireland's history then I all ready was, particularly I find I am very interested in St. Patrick and the celtic form of Christianity that emerged from his ministry in Ireland.
I think after reading this book that I am even more curious about Ireland's history then I all ready was, particularly I find I am very interested in St. Patrick and the celtic form of Christianity that emerged from his ministry in Ireland.
We could learn a lot from the Celts in terms of evangelizing in this post modern era.
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