Christianity and the Vocabularies of English
When Augustine of Canterbury arrived in Britain in 597, he brought with him the Latin language, literacy, and the Christian religion. These three cultural forces have each shaped English in fundamental and pervasive ways.
Discuss manner and the particulars of the influence of Christianity on the words and vocabularies of English.
• Discussing a particular word and its meaning, its place, its development in the language, perhaps a word such as mercy or forgiveness, or grace, or savior, or heaven or hell, or church or ecclesiastical, even justice or equality.
You should reflect on how such words, influenced by Christian thought or doctrine, have shaped the thinking of the English-speaking world.