Chrysostom's devil : demons, the will, and virtue in patristic soteriology /
Miller, Samantha L., 1987-
Chrysostom's devil : demons, the will, and virtue in patristic soteriology / Samantha L. Miller. - Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, [2020] - xvii, [194] p. ; 22 cm. - New explorations in theology. .
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Marquette University, 2016, under the title: No sympathy for the devil : the significance of demons in John Chrysostom's soteriology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jewish, pagan, and Christian demonology before Chrysostom -- Chrysostom's demonology -- Greco-Roman accounts of proairesis and virtue -- Chrysostom's anthropology -- Chrysostom's soteriology.
"References to demons and the devil permeate the rhetoric of John Chrysostom, the "golden-tongued" early church preacher and theologian. Samantha Miller examines Chrysostom's theology and world, helping us understand the role of demons in his soteriology and exploring what it means to be human and to follow Christ in a world of temptation"--
9780830849178
2019052390
John Chrysostom, Saint, -407.
Demonology--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Demonologija--Povijest doktrina--Rana crkva, ca.30-600.
Theological anthropology--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Teološka antropologija--Kršćanstvo--Povijest doktrina--Rana crkva, ca. 30-600.
Salvation--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Spasenje--Kršćanstvo--Povijest doktrina--Rana crkva, ca. 30-600.
BR65.C46 / M55 2020
235/.4092
Chrysostom's devil : demons, the will, and virtue in patristic soteriology / Samantha L. Miller. - Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, [2020] - xvii, [194] p. ; 22 cm. - New explorations in theology. .
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Marquette University, 2016, under the title: No sympathy for the devil : the significance of demons in John Chrysostom's soteriology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jewish, pagan, and Christian demonology before Chrysostom -- Chrysostom's demonology -- Greco-Roman accounts of proairesis and virtue -- Chrysostom's anthropology -- Chrysostom's soteriology.
"References to demons and the devil permeate the rhetoric of John Chrysostom, the "golden-tongued" early church preacher and theologian. Samantha Miller examines Chrysostom's theology and world, helping us understand the role of demons in his soteriology and exploring what it means to be human and to follow Christ in a world of temptation"--
9780830849178
2019052390
John Chrysostom, Saint, -407.
Demonology--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Demonologija--Povijest doktrina--Rana crkva, ca.30-600.
Theological anthropology--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Teološka antropologija--Kršćanstvo--Povijest doktrina--Rana crkva, ca. 30-600.
Salvation--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Spasenje--Kršćanstvo--Povijest doktrina--Rana crkva, ca. 30-600.
BR65.C46 / M55 2020
235/.4092