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9780520215580

Theatrical Shows and Ascetic Lives

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520215580

  • ISBN10:

    0520215583

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-07-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

Leyerle puts John Chrysostom's rhetoric neatly into context, discussing the place of theater in the urban life of Antioch, describing contemporary social and sexual mores and roles, and warmly defending the practice and practitioners of spiritual marriage.

Author Biography

Blake Leyerle is Associate Professor in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
List of Abbreviationsp. xiii
Introductionp. 1
The Late Antique Theaterp. 13
John Chrysostom's View of the Theaterp. 42
Spiritual Marriagep. 75
Ridiculous Menp. 100
Frightful Womenp. 143
John Chrysostom's Rolep. 183
Conclusionp. 206
Dating the Treatisesp. 213
Select Bibliographyp. 221
Indexp. 237
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