Title: Religious identity in late antiquity : Greeks, Jews, and Christians in Antioch /
Authors: Sandwell, Isabella.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: John Chrysostom,; Libanius.; Church history; Identification (Religion)
Contents: Understanding religious identity in fourth century Antioch -- Identity and religious interaction in Antioch -- Chrysostom and preaching as discourse and ideology -- Libanius and the practical use of religious allegiance -- Comparing Libanius and Crysostom's representations of religious identity and allegiance -- Imperial society, religion and literary culture in fourth century Antioch -- The imperial city of Antioch -- The religious context of fourth century Antioch -- The oral and literary world of Libanius and John Chrysostom -- Constructed and strategic religious identities and allegiances -- Chrysostom and the construction of religious identities -- Labelling and the construction of religious identities -- The construction of Christian identity and Greekness -- Greek religion and the construction of religious difference -- Christians versus Jews, Greeks and heretics -- Libanius and the strategic use of religious allegiance --