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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Identity: The Indigent and the Wealthy in the Homilies of John Chrysostom |
Author: | Sitzler, S. |
Citation: | Vigiliae Christianae: a review of early Christian life and languages, 2009; 63(5):468-479 |
Publisher: | Brill Academic Publishers |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
ISSN: | 0042-6032 0042-6032 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Silke Sitzler |
Abstract: | <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>In this article, identity theory is applied to a selection of John Chrysostom's homilies in order to investigate the identities being created, negotiated and modified in his commentary on the 'poor'. It is proposed that his discourse on the poor and almsgiving seeks overwhelmingly to negotiate identities for the wealthy within his Christian community, rather than for the poor. These identities are considered through Chrysostom's use of imagery, his commentary on behaviour, and his emphasis on the benefits provided both by the poor and almsgiving. Furthermore, it is argued that in these homilies Chrysostom sought to mediate Christian identities for the wealthy that complemented rather than opposed those operating in the wider non-Christian, Greco-Roman world.</jats:p> </jats:sec> |
Rights: | Copyright of Vigiliae Christianae is the property of Brill Academic Publishers |
DOI: | 10.1163/157007209X413821 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157007209x413821 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Classics publications |
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