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Light to the Isles : a study of missionary theology in Celtic and early Anglo-Saxon Britain
Dales, DouglasCambridge, England : Lutterworth, c1997.In AD 597, St Augustine arrived at Canterbury to preach the gospel to the heathen English. To celebrate the 1400th anniversary of his coming, this text looks at the context and legacy of his evangelism in the British Isles. The history of the evangelisation of England and of the Anglo-Saxon's subsequent missionary expeditions elsewhere is well known, but this work concentrates on the theological perspective of the early English church. Exploring the minds and deeds of the Anglo-Saxon missionaries, topics include: Christianity in Roman Britain; the Celtic Church; the first generation of the Roman mission; the church in the north to AD 740 (School of York); the church in the south to AD 740 (Synod of Cloveshoe/Whitby); the Anglo-Saxon missions to Europe in the eighth-century. The first chapter examines the sources for students of the period and the last offers a theological retrospect. Reports of ethnic migrations and doctrinal disputes are provided alongside accounts of such figures as Martin of Tours, Columba, and Gregory the Great, "apostle of the English".
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Alcuin : his life and legacy
Dales, DouglasCambridge, UK : James Clarke & Co., 2012.Scholar, ecclesiastic, teacher and poet of the eighth century, Alcuin was a person of deep Christian faith, tenacious in his loyalty to orthodox Catholic theology. He had a seminal influence upon his own generation and those that came after him. This book examines his life and career on the continent; it also considers his legacy as a churchman and a leading political figure.Scholar, ecclesiastic, teacher and poet of the eighth century, Alcuin was a person of deep Christian faith, tenacious in his loyalty to orthodox Catholic theology. He had a seminal influence upon his own generation and those that came after him. Although he remained a Northumbrian Christian at heart, the part of his life about which most is known was spent on the Continent. He never lost contact with his homeland; but his most significant and lasting work was evidently accomplished in Europe and his influence on the early medieval Western Church was an abiding one. This book examines his life and career in England and on the continent; it also considers his legacy as a churchman and a leading political figure. This volume prefigures a forthcoming work on Alcuin's intellectual legacy, 'Alcuin : A Study of his Theology' (due for release, April 2013). This rich study is intended for the general reader as well as for those studying, teaching or researching this period of early medieval history and theology in schools and universities.
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Dunstan : saint and statesman
Dales, DouglasCambridge : Lutterworth Press, 1988.St Dunstan of Canterbury (909-88) was the central figure in the development of English church and society after the death of King Alfred. Douglas Dales traces Dunstan's life beginning with his education at the great monastery of Glastonbury of which he became abbot. He was a central figure at the court of the kings of Wessex but was banished, partly because of his hostility to the king's mistresses, and went to exile in Flanders. After his return he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. During the twenty-eight years of his primacy he carried out one of the major developments of the century, the reformation of the monasteries. The millennium of Dunstan's death provides an opportunity to examine him not merely as a prelate and royal advisor, but to see other aspects of his life: his skills as a craftsman caused him to be adopted as the patron saint of goldsmiths; some of his work as calligrapher and artist survives to this day; the coronation service which he drew up still lies at the heart of this service for English monarchs today; he was famed for his musical skills; above all, the sanctity of his name and the fame of his miracles kept Dunstan's memory alive. Douglas Dales' re-examination of the life and times of Dunstan sets his achievements against the social and religious background of the day, at a time when new forces were emerging that would shape the future of England and the English Church for centuries to come. "I am deeply grateful to Douglas Dales for this comprehensively researched and elegantly written biography. I hope it does much to renew an interest in Dunstan and a period of English church history which has much more immediate lessons for our Christian life now than a thousand years' separation seems to suggest." - from the Foreword by Robert Runcie.
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