Preaching and popular Christianity: reading the sermons of John Chrysostom

This study reassess how we read Chrysostom's sermons, with a particular focus on the stern language which permeated his preaching, and on which the image of the contrary congregation is largely based. In doing this, it recovers a neglected portrayal of Chrysostom as a pastor and of preaching as...

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Main Author: Cook, James Daniel 1987- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2019
In:Year: 2019
Series/Journal:Oxford theology and religion monographs
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B John, Chrysostomus 344-407 / Popular piety / Sermon
Further subjects:B Thesis
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Summary:This study reassess how we read Chrysostom's sermons, with a particular focus on the stern language which permeated his preaching, and on which the image of the contrary congregation is largely based. In doing this, it recovers a neglected portrayal of Chrysostom as a pastor and of preaching as a pastoral and liturgical activity
ISBN:019883599X