Buch, Englisch, 259 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 535 g
Buch, Englisch, 259 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 535 g
ISBN: 978-0-520-21558-0
Verlag: University of California Press
Leyerle argues that Chrysostom used images and tropes drawn from the theater to persuade religious men and women that spiritual marriage was wrong. In addition to her analysis of the significance of the rhetorical strategies used by Chrysostom, Leyerle gives a thorough discussion of the role of the theater in late antiquity, particularly in Antioch, one of the gems among late antique cities. She also discusses gender in the context of late antique religion, shedding new light on early Christian attitudes toward sexuality. Throughout Leyerle weaves an ongoing conversation with contemporary theory in film and gender studies that gives her study an important analytic dimension.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Wissenschaft
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Christliche Theologie und die Wissenschaften
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Religion & Wissenschaft
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Preface
1. Introduction
A Mosaic in Daphne
The Shape of This Study
2. The Late Antique Theater
Popular
An Education in Mythology
A Forum for Sumptuous Display
A Political Arena
Chapter 3. John Chrysostom's View of the Theater
Display's Illusion
Rhetorical Display
Sexuality on Display
4. Spiritual Marriage
The Origin and Popularity of Spiritual Marriage
The Couples Chrysostom Addressed
5. Ridiculous Men
Comic Structure and Social Purity
The Merry Play of Stereotype
Comic Gender-Bending: Are You a Man or a Woman?
Visions of Utopias
6. Frightful Women
Tragic Figures: the House and the Woman
Language's Opacity: Dissonance and Riddles
Enemy not Friend
Disclosure
7. John Chrysostom's Role
Priestly Correction
Anger
Social Context
8. Conclusion
Appendix Dating the Treatises
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index