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The Rhetoric of the Pious Empire and the Rhetoric of Flight from the World

- A Socio-Rhetorical Reading of the Life of Melania the Younger

About The Rhetoric of the Pious Empire and the Rhetoric of Flight from the World

The author examines early Christian rhetorical language and its broader religious and cultural contexts. The tension of the dual subjectivity emerging in the asceticism of the heart and the ideological and material aspects of Christian imperialism in the context of the Holy Land and Constantinople takes the reader into new intellectual territory.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9783631770399
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 206
  • Published:
  • November 22, 2018
  • Edition:
  • Dimensions:
  • 155x230x0 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 341 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: December 7, 2024

Description of The Rhetoric of the Pious Empire and the Rhetoric of Flight from the World

The author examines early Christian rhetorical language and its broader religious and cultural contexts. The tension of the dual subjectivity emerging in the asceticism of the heart and the ideological and material aspects of Christian imperialism in the context of the Holy Land and Constantinople takes the reader into new intellectual territory.

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