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City of demons : violence, ritual, and Christian power in late antiquity /
Although it would appear in studies of late antique ecclesiastical authority and power that scholars have covered everything, an important aspect of the urban bishop has long been neglected: his role as demonologist and exorcist. When the emperor Constantine made Christianity the official religion o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. The City in Late Antiquity: Where Have All the Demons Gone?
- PART ONE. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM AND ANTIOCH
- 1. A City of Religious Pluralism and Spiritual Ambiguity
- 2. The Devil Is in the Ritual
- 3. The Spectacle of Exorcism
- PART TWO. CYRIL AND JERUSALEM
- 4. Jerusalem to Aelia, Aelia to Jerusalem: Monumental Transformations
- 5. The Devil in the Word, the Demons in the Image
- 6. Apocalyptic Prophets and the Cross: Revealing Jerusalem's Demons from the Crucifixion to the End of Days
- PART THREE. AMBROSE AND MILAN
- 7. Ambrose and Nicene Demoniacs: Charismatic Christianity inside and outside Milan
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Ancient Language Editions by Series
- Translations of Ancient Sources
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
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- B
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- D
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- F
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