The Idea of Evangelisation
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...
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| description | 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. Although much has been written on the conversion period, little has been done to understand the development of the Christian impulse to spread the Gospel ‘to the ends of the earth’. When and why did Christians develop the idea of the evangelisation of all peoples? When and why did they begin to express this idea by deliberately setting out to evangelise pagan peoples? How did the conception or expression of the idea of evangelisation change over time? How did authors interpret key scriptural texts to justify or explain their views on evangelisation? This book offers the first book-length, diachronic study of these questions. Through contextualised close readings of authors writing mostly in Latin between the fourth and the eighth centuries (including Augustine, Patrick, Gregory and Bede), it argues for a gradual but fundamental transformation in Christian thinking about evangelisation. This in turn provides new insights into the origins of Christian mission. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1761652026-05-05T05:00:33Z The Idea of Evangelisation Cardwell, Samuel Evangelisation Christian mission Early medieval Late antiquity Church history Intellectual history Augustine Patrick Prosper of Aquitaine Gregory Columbanus Columba Bede thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDJ European history: medieval period, middle ages thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMF Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings::QRMF3 Writings of the Early Church Fathers thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KH c 500 to c 1000 CE 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. Although much has been written on the conversion period, little has been done to understand the development of the Christian impulse to spread the Gospel ‘to the ends of the earth’. When and why did Christians develop the idea of the evangelisation of all peoples? When and why did they begin to express this idea by deliberately setting out to evangelise pagan peoples? How did the conception or expression of the idea of evangelisation change over time? How did authors interpret key scriptural texts to justify or explain their views on evangelisation? This book offers the first book-length, diachronic study of these questions. Through contextualised close readings of authors writing mostly in Latin between the fourth and the eighth centuries (including Augustine, Patrick, Gregory and Bede), it argues for a gradual but fundamental transformation in Christian thinking about evangelisation. This in turn provides new insights into the origins of Christian mission. 2026-05-05T05:00:33Z 2026-05-05T05:00:33Z 2026-05-04T07:44:58Z 2026 book ONIX_20260429T161217_9781805965787_3 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112812 9781805965787 9781805965794 9781805965800 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176165 eng British Academy Monographs open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/112812/1/9781805965787.pdf The British Academy 1b2afe11-1c61-4b23-bd3f-f3958094621f cd6c33f7-13da-4086-ac0d-b91921db748b 1f9d9f09-ced0-41ef-ba7d-e669f14238d1 9781805965787 9781805965794 9781805965800 256 London [...] British Academy The British Academy 10.13039/501100000286 open access |
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