RT Review
T1 The Demonic in the Political Thought of Eusebius of Caesarea. By Hazel Johannessen
JF The journal of theological studies
VO 71
IS 2
SP 893
OP 895
A1 Morlet, Sébastien 1978-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1761642391
AB In this book, Hazel Johannessen offers an elegant, well-written, and precise assessment of several aspects of Eusebius’ thought. As she herself writes, she aims to give a new image of the bishop of Caesarea, by highlighting the importance of demons in his theology, and showing that he was not as ‘triumphalist’ or ‘optimistic’ as he has sometimes been thought. As is suggested by its title, the book implies a reflection on the connection between demons and political thought in Eusebius, but it is also a contribution to the history of Christian demonology and early Christian reflections on ‘agency’ and ‘responsibility’, terms which the author favours over the term ‘free will’, which she considers an anachronism.
K1 Rezension
DO 10.1093/jts/flaa058