Description:
An in-depth study of Chrysostom's call to return to a time when houses were churches.
Brief description: Blake Leyerle is Professor of Early Christianity at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of The Narrative Shape of Emotion in the Preaching of John Chrysostom and Theatrical Shows and Ascetic Lives: John Chrysostom's Attack on Spiritual Marriage.
Review Quotes:
"Leyerle offers an accessible, insightful study that will not only appeal to audiences interested in John Chrysostom and church leadership, but also to those interested in the lives of ordinary people. It offers an intriguing glimpse of the variety of versions of Christianity people were practicing, as well as the dynamic between clergy and laity."
--Caroline Johnson Hodge Journal of Early Christian Studies