 | Liturgical Subjects: Christian Ritual, Biblical Narrative, and the Formation of the Self in Byzantium Subjects: Orthodox Eastern Church -- Liturgy -- History; Orthodox Eastern Church -- Doctrines; Self -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Byzantine Empire -- Church history; Focusing on the practice of Byzantine Orthodoxy in Constantinople from the sixth to eleventh centuries, Liturgical Subjects examines how hymns, sermons, prayers, and art offered models for Christian self-recognition and scripts for repentance. Derek Krueger is Joe Rosenthal Excellence Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is the author of Writing and Holiness: The Practice of Authorship in the Early Christian East, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. |
