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SERVANTHOOD Leadership for theThird Millennium by Bennett J. Sims, President of the Institute for Servant Leadership. Cowley Publications, Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts. 1997. Pb. 185 pages. ISBN 1-56101-145-2
"Bishop Bennett Sims challenges us all to look at what it means to be servants of one another"George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury. "We need more books like this, those that ask us to boldly rethink our ideas about leadership and power." Margaret J. Wheatley, author of Leadership and the New Science. "Bennett Sims is a man who practices what he preaches. His Institute for Servant Leadership has illumined the lives of hundreds of leaders, in fields ranging from religion to social change to business and industry" Parker J. Palmer, author of The Active Life and A Company of Strangers .

TOWARDS A HISTORY OF IRISH SPIRITUALITY by Peter O'Dwyer O Carm
Published by The Columba Press, Dublin. 1995. 288 pages. Pbk £11.99. ISBN 1 85607 124 3.
Starting in earliest Christian times, Fr. O'Dwyer examines the development of the Catholic Church in Ireland and shows what Irish spirituality means. While dwelling on the phrase "the island of saints and scholars," he points out that it was, and still is, also "the island of sinners and scallawags." He includes a fine collection of texts which show the mind of the people in each period of history.

CELTIC WORSHIP THROUGH THE YEAR Prayers, Readings and Creative Activities for Ordinary Days and Saints' Days, Compiled by Ray SimpsonPublished by Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1997. 254 pages. Pbk UK£9.80. ISBN 0 340 68667 7
Celtic Worship Through the Year features awesome, intimate and creative forms of service for every day: morning, noon, evening and night; for Holy Communion; for special festivities: Christmas, New Year, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Summer and Harvest. Praying with the Celtic saints: prayers, readings, places to visit. Prayer walks and earth blessings.

THE MUSIC OF WHAT HAPPENS Celtic Spirituality: A view from the Inside, by John J Ó Ríordáin C.Ss.R. Published by The Columba Press, Dublin. 1996. Pbk 119 pages. £5.99. ISBN 1 85607 174 XCeltic Spirituality is often spoken of as something ancient, remote and in need of re-discovery. John J Ó Ríordáin, however, speaks of it as a lived experience even in modern Ireland.

PI IN THE SKY A Revelation of the Ancient Celtic Wisdom Tradition, by Michael Poynder
Published by The Collins Press, Ireland. 1997. Pbk £14.99. ISBN 1 898256 33 0.
First published in hardback, now in paperback, this book delves into the mysteries of mathematics, physics, archaeology and cosmology to reveal the wealth of the ancient wisdom, once available to our distant Celtic ancestors. The evidence for this tradition can be seen today at numerous sites such as Newgrange and Carrowkeel and it is also depicted in countless artefacts such as the Tara Brooch and Derrynaflan Chalice.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY by Bradley P. Holt
Published by Lion Publishing, Oxford. 1993. 192 pages. Pback UK£7.99. ISBN 0 7459 3721 7.
This highly readable introduction to the varieties of Christian spirituality can also be read as a history of Christianity from the point of view that most interests modern readers: namely, the lived experience of faith. Professor Holt not only considers the great names like Augustine, Francis of Assisi and Teresa of Avila, but also looks at "popular piety" such as Celtic Christianity, liberation spirituality from Latin America, and the spirituality of anti-racist campaigners like Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

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			Bookshelf
SERVANTHOOD Leadership for theThird Millennium by Bennett J. Sims, President of the Institute for Servant Leadership. Cowley Publications, Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts. 1997. Pb. 185 pages. ISBN 1-56101-145-2 "Bishop Bennett Sims challenges us all to look at what it means to be servants of one another"George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury. "We need more books like this, those that ask us to boldly rethink our ideas about leadership and power." Margaret J. Wheatley, author of Leadership and the New Science. "Bennett Sims is a man who practices what he preaches. His Institute for Servant Leadership has illumined the lives of hundreds of leaders, in fields ranging from religion to social change to business and industry" Parker J. Palmer, author of The Active Life and A Company of Strangers . TOWARDS A HISTORY OF IRISH SPIRITUALITY by Peter O'Dwyer O Carm Published by The Columba Press, Dublin. 1995. 288 pages. Pbk £11.99. ISBN 1 85607 124 3. Starting in earliest Christian times, Fr. O'Dwyer examines the development of the Catholic Church in Ireland and shows what Irish spirituality means. While dwelling on the phrase "the island of saints and scholars," he points out that it was, and still is, also "the island of sinners and scallawags." He includes a fine collection of texts which show the mind of the people in each period of history. CELTIC WORSHIP THROUGH THE YEAR Prayers, Readings and Creative Activities for Ordinary Days and Saints' Days, Compiled by Ray SimpsonPublished by Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1997. 254 pages. Pbk UK£9.80. ISBN 0 340 68667 7 Celtic Worship Through the Year features awesome, intimate and creative forms of service for every day: morning, noon, evening and night; for Holy Communion; for special festivities: Christmas, New Year, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Summer and Harvest. Praying with the Celtic saints: prayers, readings, places to visit. Prayer walks and earth blessings. THE MUSIC OF WHAT HAPPENS Celtic Spirituality: A view from the Inside, by John J Ó Ríordáin C.Ss.R. Published by The Columba Press, Dublin. 1996. Pbk 119 pages. £5.99. ISBN 1 85607 174 XCeltic Spirituality is often spoken of as something ancient, remote and in need of re-discovery. John J Ó Ríordáin, however, speaks of it as a lived experience even in modern Ireland. PI IN THE SKY A Revelation of the Ancient Celtic Wisdom Tradition, by Michael Poynder Published by The Collins Press, Ireland. 1997. Pbk £14.99. ISBN 1 898256 33 0. First published in hardback, now in paperback, this book delves into the mysteries of mathematics, physics, archaeology and cosmology to reveal the wealth of the ancient wisdom, once available to our distant Celtic ancestors. The evidence for this tradition can be seen today at numerous sites such as Newgrange and Carrowkeel and it is also depicted in countless artefacts such as the Tara Brooch and Derrynaflan Chalice. A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY by Bradley P. Holt Published by Lion Publishing, Oxford. 1993. 192 pages. Pback UK£7.99. ISBN 0 7459 3721 7. This highly readable introduction to the varieties of Christian spirituality can also be read as a history of Christianity from the point of view that most interests modern readers: namely, the lived experience of faith. Professor Holt not only considers the great names like Augustine, Francis of Assisi and Teresa of Avila, but also looks at "popular piety" such as Celtic Christianity, liberation spirituality from Latin America, and the spirituality of anti-racist campaigners like Archbishop Desmond Tutu.