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Lan Kernow: A Theology of Place for Cornwall – Andy Phillips (A4, 18 pages. £3 inc p&p)

In this booklet, Andy Phillips presents the case for the Church deepening its cultural roots in Cornwall’s cultural soil to resist further marginalisation as Cornish identity strengthens. It starts with an outline of a Theology of Place, involving an explanation of why places are seen as holy, before moving on to argue why Christians should celebrate and hallow the sacred places of Cornwall. This work provides the theological underpinning for the fourth aim of Cowethas Peran Sans: ‘To promote Cornwall as a place of spiritual pilgrimage.’

Celtic Christianity Today – Andy Phillips (A4, 40 pages. £4 inc p&p)

Andy Phillips begins this promotional booklet Celtic Christianity Today: an Introduction to Cowethas Peran Sans  by examining the spiritual tradition founded by those who brought the Christian faith to Cornwall’s shores - the saints of the golden age of the Celtic Church. He then goes on to outline a path by which this tradition can be rediscovered by Christians today, a path which includes celebrating the spiritual significance of Cornwall itself.

Growing interest in Celtic Christian spirituality suggests that this ancient tradition is speaking afresh to those struggling to find meaning in a Church in turmoil and, in many places, in decline.  We live too in an age where we are destroying our earthly home with pollutants and where we face future conflicts over declining resources. If we do not rediscover and learn to live by more Creation-focussed spiritualities soon, then our planet will be doomed to increasing climate chaos, war and ecological destruction. Andy argues that just such a spirituality can be found in our Celtic Christian heritage, an ancient tradition which is finding fresh relevancy in these ecologically challenging times.
For the sake of our grandchildren’s future and well being, it is imperative we learn to live in greater peace and harmony with this fragile earth and to walk more gently upon it. Celtic Christianity Today outlines a spirituality and a strategy by which we may do so.

Lyver Pejadow rag Kenyver Jorna/Cornish Daily Prayer – compiled by Andy Phillips (A5, 82 pages. £9 inc p&p)

The first ever bilingual prayer book compiled so that those learning a language (Cornish) can use it in their daily prayer life. There are short, simple orders for morning and evening prayer, various collects for the church’s year, other useful prayers, and a gazetteer of Celtic saints. The spelling system is Kernewek Standard and conforms closely to the spelling system used for the first ever translation of the New Testament by Professor Nicholas Williams. A CD to aid pronunciation is available, price £5 including p&p (running time approximately 25 minutes).

An Forth Keltek: a spiritual pilgrimage with the Celtic saints of Cornwall, Wales and Brittany – Andy Phillips (A5, 116 pages £9 inc p&p)

The great authority on the Celtic Church, Nora Chadwick, once wrote: “A Christianity so pure and serene as that of the age of the Celtic saints could hardly be equalled and never repeated.”  While this is true, the modern expression of Celtic Christianity now provides a well-trodden path by which Christians can renew their faith and others can find it.
In an age where we are destroying our earthly home by our selfishness and greed, we can now see we need to live by more Creation-focused spiritualities if we are to avoid climate chaos, further ecological destruction, and wars over diminishing resources.  Just such a spirituality is to be found in our Celtic Christian heritage, an ancient tradition which is finding fresh relevancy in these ecologically-challenging times.
But while interest in Celtic Christianity has been growing, misuse of the term ‘Celtic’ in this spiritual context has also. This now necessitates a careful analysis of how this word should be used if it is not to be rendered meaningless.  There has also been much emphasis on the northern Celtic mission from Iona to Lindisfarne and beyond to the detriment of the equally-important southern mission from Wales to Cornwall and then Brittany, an imbalance in need of correction.

In An ForthKeltek Andy Phillips seeks to address these issues and to outline a spiritual path by which we may deepen our faith and walk more gently upon our fragile earth.  For the sake of our children’s future, it is imperative that we learn to do so, and do so quickly.
“Cutting edge thinking” – Ray Simpson, Guardian of the Community of Aidan and Hilda