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Ted Olsen is associate publisher and editorial director for media and trade books at IVP. He is also the former executive editor of Christianity Today and author of Christianity and the Celts.

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Average rating: 3.99 · 239 ratings · 34 reviews · 4 distinct works

	131 Christians Everyone Should Know by J.I. Packer, Christian History Magazine Editorial Staff, Mark Galli (Editor) 3.97 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christianity and the Celts 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Expansion of Christianity - Christianity and the Celts by Ted Olsen (Goodreads Author), Ted Olsen (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El cristianismo y los celtas 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Great Expectations

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Ted and 2 other people liked Adam Shields's review of The Widening of God's Mercy: Sexuality Within the Biblical Story: "Summary: An exploration of God’s mercy and the ways that God seems to change. One of the reasons that I like to read widely is that I learn things in one area that has relevance to another area. That always means that I am potentially drawing inapprop" Read more of this review »
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Ted made a comment on Daniel Silliman’s review of The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks " Felt the same way reading the Celtic monks when I was researching my book. "Pious athleticism" is a good way of putting it. ...more "
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Ted liked Daniel Silliman's review of The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks: "Not sure how to evaluate this collection and how well it represents the early monastic tradition, but I found most of the spirituality here pretty focused on human effort. Kind of just pious athleticism. "
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