"Heaven and Earth in Anglo-Saxon England: Theology and Society in an Age of Faith" by Helen Foxhall Forbes

This book is profoundly historical, but draws deeply on theology, as well as literary studies, archaeology, art history, and topographical and place-name research.

This this book is the first full-length study investigating how it permeated and underpinned society. For whilst the influence of the Church as an institution is widely acknowledged, its abstract theological speculation is still generally considered to be the preserve of a small educated elite.
Using a series of case-studies, this book shows how theology interacted with and was shaped by the secular world, while also exploring the ways in which lay individuals - although isolated for the most part from the intricacies of theological discussion - nevertheless were evidently influenced by these and responded to them in their own lives and actions.

Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1 I Believe in One God
2 Creator of All Things, Visible and Invisible
3 And He Will Come Again to Judge the Living and the Dead
4 The Communion of Saints and the Forgiveness of Sins
5 The Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting
Epilogue
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Manuscripts