Product Description: 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...read more

Product Description: Scholar, ecclesiastic, teacher and poet of the eighth century, Alcuin can be seen as a true hidden saint of the Church, of the same stature and significance as his predecessor Bede. His love of God and his grasp of Christian theology were rendered original in their creative impact by his gifts as a teacher and poet...read more

Product Description: Lectio Divina, or holy reading, is an essential element of Benedictine spirituality and time for personal reading of the Bible in a prayerful, contemplative way is built into the Benedictine day. It is a spiritual discipline that goes back even further than St Benedict to the early church fathers...read more

Product Description: Glory Descending

2004 is the 1200th anniversary of Alcuin of York, one of the most significant figures of the Anglo-Saxon church alongside Bede and Cuthbert. This introductory selection from his extensive writings includes Alcuin's prayers, poetry and prose.

This collection provides a rich selection of devotional material that aims to help deepen readers' understanding of the central truths of Christianity. The prayers have been chosen for their longevity and popularity - many have been memorised over generations.

Archbishop Michael Ramsey was palpably 'saintly', his Bible lessons imbued with a 'fire' that made God real for people. This biography is arranged around the themes that were central to his ministry, including 'the meaning of the cross' and 'the primacy of worship'.

Product Description: Exquisite imagery and lightly-worn theological learning characterize these prayers and readings from a golden era of the church in Britain. Many are translated for the first time, enabling us to join our voices with Augustine, Alcuin, Dunstan, Bede, Cuthbert, Aidan, Hilda and others whose influence on church and society lives on...read more

Product Description: For five centuries, Christianity in Britain was shaped by a distinctive and attractive blendof Celtic and Roman spirituality. Learned, cultured and gentle in its exercise of authoroty, this was a golden age which climaxed in the extraordinary flowering of religious devotion and creativity in the tenth century...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)