City of Demons: Violence, Ritual, and Christian Power in Late Antiquity
Dayna S. Kalleres
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 of the realm, bishops and priests everywhere struggled to Christianize the urban spaces still dominated by Greco-Roman monuments and festivals. During this period of upheaval, when congregants seemingly attended everything but their own orthodox church, many ecclesiastical leaders began simultaneously to promote aggressive and insidious depictions of the demonic. In City of Demons, Dayna S. Kalleres investigates this developing discourse and the church-sponsored rituals that went along with it, showing how shifting ecclesiastical demonologies and evolving practices of exorcism profoundly shaped Christian life in the fourth century.
Κατηγορίες:
Έτος:
2015
Εκδότης:
University of California Press
Γλώσσα:
english
Σελίδες:
374
ISBN 10:
0520276477
ISBN 13:
9780520276475
Σειρές:
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Αρχείο:
PDF, 1.82 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2015