Description
Book SynopsisInvestigates the transformation of Cappadocia into a Christian society. Through vivid accounts of Cappadocians as preachers, theologians and historians, this work highlights the disruptive social and cultural consequences of the formation of orthodoxies in theology, history, language, and personal identity in the ancient world.
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction
ORTHODOXY AND HERESY
1. "The Evil in Our Bosom": Eunomius as a Cappadocian Father
CONVERSION
2. "Even Though Roman Laws Judge Differently": Christianity and Local Traditions
3. Remembering the Future: Christian Narratives of Conversion
4. "Everything in Ruins": Ancient Legends and Foundation Myths
5. The Founder of the Cappadocians
PREACHERS AND AUDIENCES
6. Listening to the Audience: The Six Days of Creation
7. Small Details: The Cult of the Forty Martyrs
THE LIFE TO COME
8. "I Saw a Parrot": Philostorgius at Constantinople
9. A Blank Sheet of Paper: The Apocryphal Basil
10. "Trail of Sorrows": The Autobiographies of Gregory of Nazianzus
Epilogue: A Different Late Antiquity
Abbreviations
Notes
Editions and Translations
1. The Cappadocian Fathers
2. Ancient Authors and Texts
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