Christians at Home Kimberly Jensen Authors Nancy R

Authors Nancy R

in places and eras beyond easy reach

these essays grapple with a range of related issues

address diagnostic issues specific to adolescents

from the dramatist's practical search for verse forms suited to the stage to Milton's quest for a meter fit to convey divine relation

Christians at Home Kimberly Jensen Authors Nancy RWhat did it mean for ordinary believers to live a Christian life in late antiquity? In Christians at Home, Blake Leyerle explores this question through the writings, teachings, and reception of John Chrysostom a priest of Antioch who went on to become the bishop of Constantinople in 397 AD. Through elaborate spatial and ritual recommendations, Chrysostom advised listeners to turn their houses into churches. He preached that prayer and chant, scripture