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Christianization and communication in Late Antiquity : John Chrysostom and his congregation in Antioch / Jaclyn L. Maxwell.

By: Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 198 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511250569
  • 0511250568
  • 0511250053
  • 0511249543
  • 9780511249549
  • 9780511250057
  • 9780521860406
  • 0521860407
  • 9780511248993
  • 0511248997
  • 9780511482854
  • 051148285X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christianization and communication in Late Antiquity.DDC classification:
  • 270.2092 22
LOC classification:
  • BR1720.C5 M39 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Philosophical preaching in the Roman world -- Rhetoric and society : contexts of public speaking in late antique Antioch -- John Chrysostom's congregation in Antioch -- Teaching to the converted : John Chrysostom's pedagogy -- Practical knowledge and religious life -- Habits and the Christianization of daily life.
Summary: During the fourth century CE many aspects of life in the cities of the Roman Empire gradually became 'Christianized'. This book examines the role of ordinary people in this process by studying the relationship between an influential and prolific church leader, John Chrysostom, and his congregation in Antioch.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-193) and index.

Philosophical preaching in the Roman world -- Rhetoric and society : contexts of public speaking in late antique Antioch -- John Chrysostom's congregation in Antioch -- Teaching to the converted : John Chrysostom's pedagogy -- Practical knowledge and religious life -- Habits and the Christianization of daily life.

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During the fourth century CE many aspects of life in the cities of the Roman Empire gradually became 'Christianized'. This book examines the role of ordinary people in this process by studying the relationship between an influential and prolific church leader, John Chrysostom, and his congregation in Antioch.

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