Reviews for Religion+culture

The average rating for Religion+culture based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-02-04 00:00:00 Calvin Cruz This book was written before there was the current archeological finds, it still is a good book to read as a sketch of the Celtic religion. It has an introductory on the Celts, the chief phases of Celtic Civilization, the correlation of Celtic Religion with the Growth of Celtic Civilization, Celtic religion and the development of individualized Deities, the humanized Gods of the Celtic religion, the Celtic priesthood and the Celtic Other-World. If you are expecting an in-depth discussion then this is not the book for you it is only a sketch of the religion. Also the style of writing is a bit old so expect to read these pages slowly. I still recommend this book because it does discuss interesting ideas about the evolution from spirit worship to actual deity worship. It talks about totems and how they could have developed and why. Read it after you have read a few beginner books.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-09-30 00:00:00 Brett Smith There are a few nuggets of information that I found interesting in this brief survey of the Celtic religion, so it was not a complete waste to have read quickly through this material. Overall there was not a lot of new insight, perhaps because this book pre-dates many recent archeological finds or because much of this knowledge is commonplace.