Jaclyn L. Maxwell, Maxwell Jaclyn L.

Christianization and Communication in Late Antiquity

John Chrysostom and His Congregation in Antioch

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Studies the role of ordinary people in the 'Christianization' of the Roman Empire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780521117715
• ISBN-10: 0521117712
• Artikelnr.: 26204558

Autorenporträt

Jaclyn Maxwell is Assistant Professor in the Departments of History and Classics and World Religions at Ohio University. She studied at Princeton University and in 2002/3 held an Andrew J. Mellon Research Fellowship for Junior Faculty from the American Council of Learned Societies.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Philosophical preaching in the Roman world
2. Rhetoric and society: contexts of public speaking in late antique Antioch
3. John Chrysostom's congregation in Antioch
4. Teaching to the converted: John Chrysostom's pedagogy
5. Practical knowledge and religious life
6. Habits and the Christianization of daily life
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index.