Celtic Spirituality & Missiology in Collegiate Ministry: Creating an Alternative Future for Transformational Spiritual Movements in a Post-Christian, Neo-Pagan Culture

by John Mark Lamb
June 1st, 2008
In the sixth to tenth centuries, the Celtic saints transformed a pagan pre-Christian Europe by incarnating the gospel, powerfully transforming these cultures with a biblical spirituality that was non-intrusive and holistic.

Chapter one introduces the cultural crisis we are facing today in the Campus Crusade for Christ's U.S. Campus Ministry. Chapter two reviews several different authors analyzing how their views can help us towards an alternative future. Chapter three gives an analysis of the ministry context of the USCM towards our national goals of reaching the sixteen and a half million college students in the U.S. today. Chapter four gives a theological and biblical treatment of three areas that must be understood in light of our present crisis: the kingdom of God and the gospel, sacrificial commitments of community, and the preferential treatment of the poor in today's globally informed culture. Chapter five measures the difficulty of determining a sustainable spirituality and theology of mission that will take us into the future of effective ministry to the over sixteen million college students of the U.S. Chapter six highlights the interviews with four Celtic Christian scholars who were an invaluable resource into the history and spiritual vitality of the ancient Celtic saints. Chapter seven is a summary, application, and
recommendations for the future.