Christianization and Communication in Late Antiquity: John Chrysostom and his Congregation in Antioch PDF
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This page intentionally left blank CHRISTIANIZATION AND COMMUNICATION IN LATE ANTIQUITY Howdidordinarypeopleandchurchauthoritiescommunicatewith eachotherinLateAntiquityandhowdidthisinteractionaffectthe processesofChristianizationintheRomanEmpire?Bystudyingthe relationship between the preacher and his congregation within the context of classical, urban traditions of public speaking, this book explainssomeofthereasonsforthepopularityofChristiansermons duringtheperiod.ItsfocusonJohnChrysostom’ssermonsallowsus toseehowaneducatedchurchleaderrespondedtoandwasinfluenced by a congregation of ordinary Christians. As a preacher in Antioch, Chrysostomtookgreatcaretoconveyhislessonstohiscongregation, which included a broad cross-section of society. Because of this, his sermonsprovideafascinatingviewintothevarietyofbeliefsheldby thelaity,demonstratingthatmanypeoplecouldbeactivelyengaged intheirreligionwhiledisagreeingwiththeirpreacher. jaclyn maxwell is Assistant Professor in the Departments of History and Classics and World Religions at Ohio University. She studied at Princeton University and in 2002/3 held an Andrew J. Mellon Research Fellowship for Junior Faculty from the American CouncilofLearnedSocieties. CHRISTIANIZATION AND COMMUNICATION IN LATE ANTIQUITY John Chrysostom and his congregation in Antioch JACLYN L. MAXWELL OhioUniversity cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridg e.org /9780521860406 ©JaclynL.Maxwell2006 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionof relevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplace withoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublishedinprintformat 2006 isbn-13 978-0-511-24954-9eBook(EBL) isbn-10 0-511-24954-3 eBook(EBL) isbn-13 978-0-521-86040-6hardback isbn-10 0-521-86040-7 hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofurls forexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. Formymother,NancyCarolGaddySorrels Contents Acknowledgments pageviii Listofabbreviations x Introduction 1 1 PhilosophicalpreachingintheRomanworld 11 2 Rhetoricandsociety:Contextsofpublicspeakingin lateantiqueAntioch 42 3 JohnChrysostom’scongregationinAntioch 65 4 Teachingtotheconverted:JohnChrysostom’spedagogy 88 5 Practicalknowledgeandreligiouslife 118 6 HabitsandtheChristianizationofdailylife 144 Conclusions 169 Bibliography 176 Index 194 vii Acknowledgments I would like to thank a number of people and several institutions for their support while I worked on this project. First of all, I owe much to myundergraduateuniversityandprofessors.IattendedTulaneUniversity, thanks to their generous Dean’s Honor Scholarship program. I did not fullyappreciatetheextratimemyadvisers,KennethHarlandJaneCarter, spent with me translating Greek, discussing research papers, and helping meprepareforgraduateschooluntilIbecameaprofessormyself. AtPrincetonUniversity,Ibenefitedfromthecollegialenvironmentsof the Department of History, the Program in the Ancient World, and the GroupfortheStudyofLateAntiquity.AseminaronGreekrhetoricwith Josiah Ober and a seminar on recently discovered sermons by Augustine withPeterBrownshowedmethepotentialofpublicspeechesassourcesfor social and intellectual history. Peter was a wonderful dissertation advisor, and I am thankful to both him and Betsy for making graduate school a friendly place. William Jordan’s comments on early drafts of my disserta- tionimprovedtheclarityofmywritingandhelpedmelearntotakecriti- cismwithgoodhumor.ManyfriendsinPrincetonreaddraftsandshared ideasduringtheearlystagesofresearchandwriting,includingLisaBailey, KirstiCopeland,AdamDavis,MichaelGaddis,JenniferHevelone-Harper, Christopher MacEvitt, Leonora Neville, Jarbel Rodriguez, Kevin Uhalde, andJoelWalker.Severalscholarsreadallorpartofthemanuscriptatvarious stages,offeringvaluableadviceandcriticism:TiaKolbaba,DerekKrueger, Richard Lim, Wendy Mayer, Theresa Urbainczyk, Ruth Webb, and the anonymous reader for Cambridge University Press. At Ohio University, Lynne Lancaster answered numerous questions while I prepared the final manuscript. I would also like to thank Michael Sharp for his help and encouragementduringthereviewprocess. Severalinstitutionsprovidedfinancialsupportandscholarlycommuni- tiesthathelpedmeimmenselywhileIwrotemydissertationandrevisedit intoabook.TheCenterfortheStudyofReligionatPrincetonUniversity viii
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