Holy Bishops in Late Antiquity - The Nature of Christian Leadership in an Age of Transition

Informationen zum Autor Claudia Rapp is Professor of Byzantine Studies at the University of Vienna and the author of Brother-Making in Byzantium: Monks, Laymen and Christian Ritual and numerous articles on the social and literary history of Byzantium. Klappentext "This book is beautifully written. It is elegant in conception, lucid yet graceful in exposition, concise and accessible."—Susan Ashbrook Harvey, author of Asceticism and Society in Crisis "This book is highly important. Rapp emphasizes continuities between the pre- and post-Constantine periods, a healthy correction to the myopic concentration that characterizes so much previous work on the subject. The range of materials she draws on to make her case is truly impressive, her argument both original and persuasive."—Hal Drake, author of Constantine and the Bishops Zusammenfassung Offers an analysis of the changing dynamics of social mobility as played out in episcopal appointments. This book proposes a model of spiritual authority, ascetic authority and pragmatic authority, in which a bishop's visible asceticism is taken as evidence of his spiritual powers and at the same time provides justification for his public role. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments PART ONE 1. The Nature of Leadership in Late Antiquity 2. Pragmatic Authority 3. Spiritual Authority 4. Ascetic Authority PART TWO 5. Bishops in Action 6. Social Contexts 7. Cities 8. Empire 9. The Bishop as a New Urban Functionary Epilogue Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Literature Index

Product details

• Authors: Claudia Rapp, Rapp Claudia
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2005
• EAN: 9780520242968
• ISBN: 978-0-520-24296-8
• No. of pages: 520
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage; Transformation of the Classica; Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Religion: general, Christianity, Religion & beliefs, Archaeology, Political science and theory