Byzantine Christianity
By: Derek Krueger, editor
Contributors: Krueger, Derek
Series: A people's history of Christianity -- v. 3
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780800634131
Subjects: Christian life -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Christian life -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Byzantine Empire -- Church history; Byzantine Empire -- Religious life and customs
Description: This third volume in the pioneering A People's History of Christianity series focuses on the religious lives of ordinary people and introduces the religion of the Byzantine Christian laity by asking the questions: What did ordinary Christians do in church, in their homes and their workshops? How were icons used? How did the people celebrate, marry, and mourn? Where did they go on pilgrimage?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-240) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the practice of Christianity in Byzantium / Derek Krueger; title: Lay piety in the sermons of John Chrysostom / Jaclyn Maxwell; title: The cult of the martyrs and the Cappadocian fathers / Vasiliki Limberis; title: Romanos and the night vigil in the sixth century / Georgia Frank; title: Shrines, festivals, and the "undistinguished mob" / James C. Skedros; title: The layperson in church / Sharon E.J. Gerstel; title: Death and dying in Byzantium / Nicholas Constas; title: Icons, prayer, and vision in the eleventh century / Charles Barber; title: Objects of devotion and protection / Brigitte Pitarakis; title: The religious lives of children and adolescents / Peter Hatlie; title: The devotional life of laywomen / Alice-Mary Talbot