{"product_id":"melania-early-christianity-through-the-life-of-one-family-3-christianity-in-late-antiquity-9780520379213","title":"Melania Early Christianity Through the Life of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers can be grateful to the editors and authors who have produced a wide-ranging contribution to the 'Melania revival.' \" * Anglican and Episcopal History *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Melania\u003c\/i\u003e is a great addition to the field of early Christian studies.\"\u003cbr\u003e   * Religious Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Catherine M. Chin and Caroline T. Schroeder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART ONE. ARISTOCRACY\u003cbr\u003e 1. Apostles and Aristocrats\u003cbr\u003e Catherine M. Chin\u003cbr\u003e 2. Namesake and Inheritance\u003cbr\u003e Christine Luckritz Marquis\u003cbr\u003e 3. Exemplary Women\u003cbr\u003e Caroline T. Schroeder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART TWO. BODY AND FAMILY\u003cbr\u003e 4. Holy Households\u003cbr\u003e Maria Doerfler\u003cbr\u003e 5. Wounded by Divine Love\u003cbr\u003e Kristi Upson-Saia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART THREE. GENDER AND MEMORY\u003cbr\u003e 6. Memories of the Martyrs\u003cbr\u003e L. Stephanie Cobb\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Memory of Melania\u003cbr\u003e Rebecca Krawiec\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART FOUR. WISDOM AND HERESY\u003cbr\u003e 8. A Life in Letters\u003cbr\u003e Robin Darling Young\u003cbr\u003e 9. Friends and Heretics\u003cbr\u003e Susanna Drake\u003cbr\u003e 10. Posthumous Orthodoxy\u003cbr\u003e Christine Shepardson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART FIVE. IN THE HOLY PLACES\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Lost Generation\u003cbr\u003e Andrew S. Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e 12. Sing, O Daughter(s) of Zion\u003cbr\u003e Stephen J. Shoemaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART SIX. MODERNITIES\u003cbr\u003e 13. Afterlives\u003cbr\u003e Michael Penn\u003cbr\u003e 14. Monastic Revivals\u003cbr\u003e Stephen J. Davis\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Future of Sainthood\u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth A. Castelli\u003cbr\u003e Afterword\u003cbr\u003e Randall Styers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037199270231,"sku":"9780520379213","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520379213.jpg?v=1750934763","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/melania-early-christianity-through-the-life-of-one-family-3-christianity-in-late-antiquity-9780520379213","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}