
Light to the Isles
Missionary Theology in Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Britain
Douglas Dales(Author)
James Clarke & Co Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 29. October 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-227-17341-1 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, Dales succeeds in shedding new light on the theological approach to the evangelism of The British Isles and the work of missionaries to and from the British Isles in the Western church throughout the period 400-800 AD. Although the historical value of the literary texts analysed is substantial, this study gives them an inherent theology pre-eminence. This reprint is thus an examination of particular people, and the beliefs they shared with those who remembered them, and who caused these texts to be written. Through these pages, we discover that the origin of hagiographical literature in this specific area comes from a remote and singular period when the memory of the Roman era and of the church fathers was ever present. It was because of the barbarous condition that the Church faced, that the stream that fought to keep Latin Christian culture alive to nurture monastic education, missionary activity and the ascetic cultivation of sanctity remained hidden.
Reviews / Votes
'Chaplain of Marlborough College, Dales has written widely about Anglo-Saxon church history and theology. Here he looks at how monastic Christianity spread from the continent to Celtic Britain...how official Roman Christianity arrived among the Anglo-Saxons...[and] assesses the success of the missions in the writings of Bede and Willibrord and Boniface.' - Book News Inc, February 2011More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
293 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-227-17341-1 (9780227173411)
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Douglas Dales
Light to the Isles
Book
06/1997
Lutterworth Press
€42.95
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Person
Douglas Dales was educated at St Dunstan's College, London, and was a scholar of Christ Church, Oxford: he holds degrees in history and theology. He is a parish priest in two parishes, and is Chaplain and Head of Religious Studies at Marlborough College. He is married with three children, and lives in Marlborough.
Content
Foreword by Benedicta Ward
Preface
Introduction
Prologue
I. Martin
Part 1:
II. Patrick
III. Samson and Gildas
IV. Columba and Columbanus
Part 2:
V. Augustine and Paulinus
VI. Aidan and Cuthbert
VII. Theodore and Wilfred
Part 3:
VIII. Bede
IX. Willibrord and Boniface
Abbreviations
References
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Introduction
Prologue
I. Martin
Part 1:
II. Patrick
III. Samson and Gildas
IV. Columba and Columbanus
Part 2:
V. Augustine and Paulinus
VI. Aidan and Cuthbert
VII. Theodore and Wilfred
Part 3:
VIII. Bede
IX. Willibrord and Boniface
Abbreviations
References
Bibliography
Index