The Idea of Evangelisation : 'Mission', Theology and Scripture from the Early Church to the Age of Bede.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cardwell, Samuel.

Series:

British Academy Monographs

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : British Academy, 2026.

Summary:

The evangelisation of the peoples of western Europe to Christianity was arguably the single most important historical development of the early Middle Ages, shaping not only the beliefs and religious practices but also the social, political, cultural and intellectual landscape of the last 1,500 years.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Series information

Title page

Copyright information

Table of contents

Map of Ecclesiastical Sites

Acknowledgments

Notes on Abbreviations and Translations

List of abbreviations

Introduction

Is 'Mission' the Right Word?

Defining Evangelisation

Historiography and Methodology

Chapter Outline and Scope

1 From the Early Church to Augustine

The Pre-Constantinian Church

Tempora Christiana

'Missionaries without a Mission'

Augustine

Conclusion

2 Prosper, Palladius and Patrick

Prosper, Leo and Palladius

Patrick

Patrick, Scripture and Evangelisation

Patrick, Paul and Apostleship

3 Gregory and His Successors

Gregory the Great

Gregory's Idea of Evangelisation

England and the 7th-Century Papacy

4 The Peregrini, Irish and Frankish

Columba, Aidan and Fursa

Columbanus and His Successors

5 How the English Interpreted Their Own Evangelisation

Gregory, 'our Apostle'

The Sin of Failing to Evangelise

Evangelisation and Exegesis in Bede's Commentaries on Acts

The Work of the Word

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-80596-580-8

1-80596-579-4