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"The decision to zero in on the two Melanias produces obvious benefits: the interlocking papers build to a sort of ‘thick description’ of late fourth- and early fifth-century Christianity, and recent analytical approaches to its study . . . this book would make an excellent companion for a special subject or graduate course on asceticism in late antiquity. " * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
"Diversity of thought is the chief value in this collection. From spacial syntax to gender theory, this collection provides examples of new methods of research that emerged after 'The Lady Vanishes.' . . . This book [is] suitable for advanced graduate students and specialists in Late Antiquity and Christianity, particularly those which focus on sexuality and gender." * Classical Journal *
"Readers can be grateful to the editors and authors who have produced a wide-ranging contribution to the 'Melania revival.' " * Anglican and Episcopal History *
"Although one does not expect that a volume of essays will necessarily be coherent, this collection succeeds, and is both a richly varied scholarly study and a pedagogical aid to rethinking what a cultural biography might be." * Journal of Ecclesiastical History *
"Melania is a great addition to the field of early Christian studies."
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Catherine M. Chin and Caroline T. Schroeder

PART ONE. ARISTOCRACY
1. Apostles and Aristocrats
Catherine M. Chin
2. Namesake and Inheritance
Christine Luckritz Marquis
3. Exemplary Women
Caroline T. Schroeder

PART TWO. BODY AND FAMILY
4. Holy Households
Maria Doerfler
5. Wounded by Divine Love
Kristi Upson-Saia

PART THREE. GENDER AND MEMORY
6. Memories of the Martyrs
L. Stephanie Cobb
7. The Memory of Melania
Rebecca Krawiec

PART FOUR. WISDOM AND HERESY
8. A Life in Letters
Robin Darling Young
9. Friends and Heretics
Susanna Drake
10. Posthumous Orthodoxy
Christine Shepardson

PART FIVE. IN THE HOLY PLACES
11. The Lost Generation
Andrew S. Jacobs
12. Sing, O Daughter(s) of Zion
Stephen J. Shoemaker

PART SIX. MODERNITIES
13. Afterlives
Michael Penn
14. Monastic Revivals
Stephen J. Davis
15. The Future of Sainthood
Elizabeth A. Castelli
Afterword
Randall Styers

List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index

Melania Early Christianity Through the Life of

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 10/27/2020 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520379213, 978-0520379213
      ISBN10: 0520379217

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "The decision to zero in on the two Melanias produces obvious benefits: the interlocking papers build to a sort of ‘thick description’ of late fourth- and early fifth-century Christianity, and recent analytical approaches to its study . . . this book would make an excellent companion for a special subject or graduate course on asceticism in late antiquity. " * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
      "Diversity of thought is the chief value in this collection. From spacial syntax to gender theory, this collection provides examples of new methods of research that emerged after 'The Lady Vanishes.' . . . This book [is] suitable for advanced graduate students and specialists in Late Antiquity and Christianity, particularly those which focus on sexuality and gender." * Classical Journal *
      "Readers can be grateful to the editors and authors who have produced a wide-ranging contribution to the 'Melania revival.' " * Anglican and Episcopal History *
      "Although one does not expect that a volume of essays will necessarily be coherent, this collection succeeds, and is both a richly varied scholarly study and a pedagogical aid to rethinking what a cultural biography might be." * Journal of Ecclesiastical History *
      "Melania is a great addition to the field of early Christian studies."
      * Religious Studies Review *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction
      Catherine M. Chin and Caroline T. Schroeder

      PART ONE. ARISTOCRACY
      1. Apostles and Aristocrats
      Catherine M. Chin
      2. Namesake and Inheritance
      Christine Luckritz Marquis
      3. Exemplary Women
      Caroline T. Schroeder

      PART TWO. BODY AND FAMILY
      4. Holy Households
      Maria Doerfler
      5. Wounded by Divine Love
      Kristi Upson-Saia

      PART THREE. GENDER AND MEMORY
      6. Memories of the Martyrs
      L. Stephanie Cobb
      7. The Memory of Melania
      Rebecca Krawiec

      PART FOUR. WISDOM AND HERESY
      8. A Life in Letters
      Robin Darling Young
      9. Friends and Heretics
      Susanna Drake
      10. Posthumous Orthodoxy
      Christine Shepardson

      PART FIVE. IN THE HOLY PLACES
      11. The Lost Generation
      Andrew S. Jacobs
      12. Sing, O Daughter(s) of Zion
      Stephen J. Shoemaker

      PART SIX. MODERNITIES
      13. Afterlives
      Michael Penn
      14. Monastic Revivals
      Stephen J. Davis
      15. The Future of Sainthood
      Elizabeth A. Castelli
      Afterword
      Randall Styers

      List of Contributors
      Acknowledgments
      Bibliography
      Index

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