John Chrysostom and the Transformation of the City

Informationen zum Autor Aideen Hartney took her PhD at the University of Liverpool and went on to teach Ancient History at the University of Bristol, UK. She is the author of Gruesome Deaths & Celibate Lives: Christian Martyrs and Ascetics (2004). Vorwort Explores the Christian preaching of John Chrysostom (4th century AD), highlighting gender relations in late antiquity and also on the practical processes by which Christianity established itself. Zusammenfassung John Chrysostom was one of the most prolific and admired Christian preachers of the fourth century AD. This book conducts an exploration of his preaching, shedding light both on gender relations in late antiquity and also on the practical processes by which Christianity established itself. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Pagan and Christian Cities 2. Nolo Episcopari and the Transformation of the City 3. Christian Preaching and its Audience4. A Guide to Chrysostom’s Preaching Style 5. Role Models for the Christian City 6. Construction of Gender: Two Compelling Models 7. Gendered Sins 8. Natural and Social Order in the Oikos and Polis 9. The Sins of the Wealthy 10. Money and Chrysostom’s City 11. The Wealthy Road to Redemption 12. Conclusions Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Aideen Hartney, Aideen M. Hartney, Hartney Aideen
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.2004
• EAN: 9780715631935
• ISBN: 978-0-7156-3193-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion, Ancient Rome, Biography: historical, political and military, BCE to c 500 CE, The Early Church, BCE period – Protohistory