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[CT]Contents Contributors Illustrations General Editor's Foreword Denis Janz Introduction The Practice of Christianity in Byzantium Derek Krueger Part 1. Congregations and Preachers Chapter One Lay Piety in the Sermons of John Chrysostom Jaclyn Maxwell Chapter Two The Cult of the Martyrs and the Cappadocian Fathers Vasiliki Limberis Chapter Three Romanos and the Night Vigil in the Sixth Century Georgia Frank Part 2. Places, Spaces, and Rites Chapter Four Shrines, Festivals, and the "Undistinguished Mob" James C. Skedros Chapter Five The Layperson in Church Sharon E. J. Gerstel Chapter Six Death and Dying in Byzantium Nicholas Constas Part 3. Devotional Life and Artifacts Chapter Seven Icons, Prayer, and Vision in the Eleventh Century Charles Barber Chapter Eight Objects of Devotion and Protection Brigitte Pitarakis Chapter Nine The Religious Lives of Children and Adolescents Peter Hatlie Chapter Ten The Devotional Life of Laywomen Alice-Mary Talbot Abbreviations Notes Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Byzantine Empire -- Church history.
Byzantine Empire -- Religious life and customs.
Christian life -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Christian life -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.