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John Chrysostom : on almsgiving and the therapy of the soul /
"In recent years, there has been significant scholarly focus on John Chrysostomʼs appropriation of ancient philosophical therapy, but relatively little attention has been devoted to his use of this medicalized discourse in relation to almsgiving. Adopting an interdisciplinary research between G...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Boston, MA :
Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, an Imprint of the Brill-Group,
[2021].
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| Series: | Patristic studies in global perspective,
volume 1 |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Abstract
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction. Aim ; Literature review on chrysostom and almsgiving ; Ancient philosophical therapy ; Sources ; Methodology ; Structure
- 1. Passion and therapeutic almsgiving. Introduction ; 1.1 Disease of the soul ; 1.2 Almsgiving as a spiritual remedy ; Conclusion
- 2. Rhetoric of hope and fear: The psychagogical approach to reward and punishment. Introduction. 2.1 The mixed use of gentle and harsh instruction in ancient psychagogy ; 2.2 Reward and judgement as gentle and harsh speech ; 2.3 The psychagogic role of eschatology ; 2.4 Eschatology, almsgiving and the cure of the soul ; Conclusion
- 3. Almsgiving, the cure of the soul, and salvation: the hermeneutics of Christianised philosophical therapy. Introduction ; 3.1 Redemptive almsgiving and Chrysostom ; 3.2 The Christianization of philosophical therapy ; Conclusion
- Conclusion. Introduction: Objective and previous research gaps ; Findings of the chapters ; Synthetic analysis and further implications ; Concluding remarks
- Bibliography. Primary sources ; Secondary sources.