IN SEARCH OF SACRED PLACES: Looking for Wisdom on Celtic Holy Islands
Daniel Taylor, . . Bog Walk Press, $19.95 (171pp) ISBN 978-0-9706511-1-2
Taylor, a literature professor from Minnesota's Bethel University, meant to go to London to study Sir Thomas More, but first he followed a friend's recommendation to visit the Iona community in Scotland. Then, having seen one ancient sacred site, he wanted to see others. Over the next six weeks, he gave himself a whirlwind tour of Lindisfarne, Norwich and Durham in England; St. Brigid's well, Glendalough and Skellig Michael in Ireland; St. David's in Wales and various museums in Dublin and London—all either pilgrimage sites or sources of information about Celtic Christians. As he describes what he saw, he ruminates on the nature of holiness, bristles at the easy faith of modern Christians and relentlessly examines his own mixed feelings. Taylor, author of
Reviewed on: 01/17/2005
Genre: Nonfiction