{"product_id":"crisis-of-empire-9780520280427","title":"Crisis of Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocuses on the attempts of three ascetics - John Moschus, Sophronius of Jerusalem, and Maximus Confessor - to determine the Church's power and place during a period of profound crisis, as the eastern Roman empire suffered serious reversals in the face of Persian and then Islamic expansion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Abbreviations   Introduction   1. Toward the Sacramental Saint  Ascetics and the Eucharist before Chalcedon    Cyril of Scythopolis and the Second Origenist Crisis  Mystics and Liturgists    Hagiography and the Eucharist after Chalcedon     2. Sophronius and the Miracles  Impresario of the Saints   Medicine and Miracle   Narratives of Redemption   The Miracles in Comparative Perspective     3. Moschus and the Meadow  The Fall of Jerusalem   Moschus from Alexandria to Rome   Ascetics and the City   Chalcedon and the Eucharist    4. Maximus and the Mystagogy   Maximus, Monk of Palestine   The Return of the Cross   The Mystagogy    5. The Making of the Monenergist Crisis   The Origins of Monenergism   The Heraclian Unions   Sophronius the Dissident   6. Jerusalem and Rome at the Dawn of the Caliphate   Sophronius the Patriarch   Jerusalem from Roman to Islamic Rule   The Year of the Four Emperors   From Operations to Wills   Maximus and the Popes    7. Rebellion and Retribution  Maximus from Africa to Rome   The Roman-Palestinian Alliance   Rebellion and Trial   Maximus in Exile   Conclusion   Bibliography   Primary Sources  Secondary Sources  Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402867745111,"sku":"9780520280427","price":50.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520280427.jpg?v=1730481727","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crisis-of-empire-9780520280427","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}