What Is Celtic Studies?
Celtic Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field dedicated to the study of the history, languages, literature, religion, philosophy, and cultural traditions of the Celtic peoples—primarily those of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, and Brittany.
The field explores ancient and medieval societies as well as modern expressions of Celtic identity, examining mythology, folklore, legal systems, art, music, and social structures.
Celtic Studies also includes the study of Celtic Christianity and theology, offering insight into its lasting influence on religious and contemporary culture.
Celtic Culture & Spirituality
Gregory is a scholar of Celtic Studies whose work explores the history, literature, philosophy, and cultural traditions of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England.
His research and writing particularly engage the history and development of Celtic Christianity, with a focus on its indigenous spirituality and theology.
Through research and education, Gregory raises awareness of the richness and diversity of Celtic heritage and its continuing influence on contemporary culture, identity, and thought.
Background and Experience
Gregory completed his doctoral studies at Trinity College and lived in Dublin for several years, where he immersed himself in the island's intellectual and cultural life.
He has traveled extensively throughout Ireland, Wales, England, and Scotland, engaging firsthand with the landscapes, historical sites, and living traditions that continue to shape Celtic identity.
Over the past three decades, his long-standing research into Celtic history and culture has been complemented by sustained relationships with scholars, cultural organizations, and religious and thought leaders across the British Isles.
In addition to his academic and professional work, Gregory’s personal heritage includes Irish, Scottish, Cornish, and English ancestry—further deepening his connection to the traditions and histories he studies and teaches.
A Celtic Christian Theology of Meaning for the Post-Christian Era
A Celtic Christian Theology of Meaning is a post-denominational approach to Christian thought that draws upon the symbolic imagination, liminal cosmology, and incarnational worldview of the Celtic tradition in order to address the realities of a post-Christian, post-secular age.
Rather than presenting theology as a system of abstract doctrines, this approach rearticulates Christian themes through their existential and lived significance—focusing on how the Christian narrative speaks to the human search for meaning, belonging, wisdom, and wholeness in an increasingly disenchanted world.
Rooted in the narrative imagination of Celtic Christianity, this perspective seeks to render the symbolic and transformative meaning of Christian claims without prematurely resolving debates over their metaphysical or historical status. Such a posture creates space for thoughtful engagement with contemporary seekers who may remain open to the tradition's wisdom while questioning its classical formulations.
This project integrates historical inquiry, including insights from Historical Jesus scholarship, with mythopoetic interpretation and metaphorical understanding. In doing so, it honors the depth of the Christian tradition while translating its core insights into forms accessible to modern consciousness.
The result is a theology that invites renewed participation in a lived Christianity—one that addresses the crisis of meaning characteristic of contemporary life by recovering the relational, earth-honoring, and sacramental sensibilities long preserved within the Celtic Christian imagination.
