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

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 374 pages) : maps Series The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature. Contents Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The City in Late Antiquity: Where Have All the Demons Gone? -- PART ONE. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM AND ANTIOCH -- 1. A City of Religious Pluralism and Spiritual Ambiguity -- 2. The Devil Is in the Ritual -- 3. The Spectacle of Exorcism -- PART TWO. CYRIL AND JERUSALEM -- 4. Jerusalem to Aelia, Aelia to Jerusalem: Monumental Transformations -- 5. 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 -- PART THREE. AMBROSE AND MILAN -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-360) and index Notes English Print version record Subject John Chrysostom, Saint, -407. Cyril, Saint, Bishop of Jerusalem, approximately 315-386 Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397. Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397 Cyril, Saint, Bishop of Jerusalem, approximately 315-386 John Chrysostom, Saint, -407 Demonology -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600 Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Angelology & Demonology. RELIGION -- Antiquities & Archaeology. Church history -- Primitive and early church Spätantike Christianisierung Christentum Gewalt Ritual Exorzismus Antioch (Turkey) -- Religious life and customs Jerusalem -- Religious life and customs Milan (Italy) -- Religious life and customs Italy -- Milan Middle East -- Jerusalem Turkey -- Antioch Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520956841 0520956842

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