Light to the Isles : a study of missionary theology in Celtic and early Anglo-Saxon Britain / Douglas Dales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dales, Douglas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions--British Isles--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Missions--British Isles--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Missions.

History.

Physical Description:

190 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Lutterworth, [1997]

Summary:

In AD 597 St Augustine arrived at Canterbury to preach the gospel to fine heathen English, and St Columba died on Iona. In this book Douglas Dales has produced a major new work on fine context and legacy of evangelism in fine British isles, shedding new light on finis fascinating area. The work of missionaries to and from fine British Isles is seen as a continuous thru fine period 400-800, For the first time in one book all fine major missionaries and theologians are discussed. Specialists will find invaluable the book's treatment of topics as diverse as ethnic migrations and doctrinal disputes, while all readers will enjoy fine accounts of fine work and thoughts of those who formed so much of the theological structures of the early British church.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-184) and index.

ISBN:

0718829654

OCLC:

38123626