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City of demons : violence, ritual, and Christian power in late antiquity / / Dayna S. Kalleres



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Autore: Kalleres Dayna S. <1970-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: City of demons : violence, ritual, and Christian power in late antiquity / / Dayna S. Kalleres Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2015]
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (393 p.)
Disciplina: 235/.409173209015
Soggetto topico: Demonology - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600
Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Soggetto geografico: Antioch (Turkey) Religious life and customs
Jerusalem Religious life and customs
Milan (Italy) Religious life and customs
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The City in Late Antiquity: Where Have All the Demons Gone? -- 1. A City of Religious Pluralism and Spiritual Ambiguity -- 2. The Devil Is in the Ritual -- 3. The Spectacle of Exorcism -- 4. Jerusalem to Aelia, Aelia to Jerusalem: Monumental Transformations -- 5. Cyril of Jerusalem: The Devil in the Word, the Demons in the Image -- 6. Apocalyptic Prophets and the Cross: Revealing Jerusalem's Demons from the Crucifixion to the End of Days -- 7. Ambrose and Nicene Demoniacs: Charismatic Christianity Inside and Outside Milan -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Ancient Language Editions by Series -- Translations of Ancient Sources -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Although it would appear in studies of late antique ecclesiastical authority and power that scholars have covered everything, an important aspect of the urban bishop has long been neglected: his role as demonologist and exorcist. When the emperor Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the realm, bishops and priests everywhere struggled  to "Christianize" the urban spaces still dominated by Greco-Roman monuments and festivals. During this period of upheaval, when congregants seemingly attended everything but their own "orthodox" church, many ecclesiastical leaders began simultaneously to promote aggressive and insidious depictions of the demonic. In City of Demons, Dayna S. Kalleres investigates this developing discourse and the church-sponsored rituals that went along with it, showing how shifting ecclesiastical demonologies and evolving practices of exorcism profoundly shaped Christian life in the fourth century.
Titolo autorizzato: City of demons  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-95684-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910461639903321
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