City of demons
Subtitle: violence, ritual, and Christian power in late antiquity
By: Dayna S. Kalleres
Series: The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature; Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Oakland, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780520276475; 9780520956841
Subjects: Primitive and early church; Religious life and customs; Gewalt; Christentum; Ritual; Demonologi; Demonology; Christianisierung; Historia; Spätantike; Church history; History of doctrines; Exorzismus; Fornkyrkan
Description: "City of Demons presents three richly detailed case studies of urban church leaders who are demonologists and active and innovative exorcists in the midst of dangerous, potentially violent religious conflicts dominating their cities. John Chrysostom of Antioch, Cyril of Jerusalem, and Ambrose of Milan have individually been described as exemplary church figures, who Christianize their fourth-century cities in ways that contribute to progress rather than to decline ... In contrast ... this book attends closely to these three leaders' demonological discourses and related ritual descriptions ... City of Demons argues that each leader's actions result in the material transformation (i.e, Christianization) of his respective urban environment."--Introduction, p. 3.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-360) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the city in late antiquity : where have all the demons gone?; title: pt. I. John Chrysostom and Antioch. A city of religious pluralism and spiritual ambiguity ; The devil is in the ritual ; The spectacle of exorcism; title: pt. II. Cyril and Jerusalem. Jerusalem to Aelia, Aelia to Jerusalem : monumental transformations ; The Devil in the word, the demons in the image ; Apocalyptic prophets and the Cross : revealing Jerusalem's demons from the Crucifixion to the end of days; title: pt. III. Ambrose and Milan. Ambrose and Nicene demoniacs : charismatic Christianity inside and outside Milan.