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Preaching and
Popular Christianity
Reading the Sermons of John Chrysostom
JAMES DANIEL COOK
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Acknowledgements
This study could not have happened without the input of many people at
various points during its research. Anenormous debt of gratitudeis owed to
mydoctoralsupervisoratOxford,TeresaMorgan,whofirstencouragedmein
thedirectionoflate-antiquepreachingandJohnChrysostom,andwhoover-
saw much of the project from its inception. Her enthusiastic support and
encouragement kept me going and her insightful comments have had a
significantimpactonthefinalshapeofthisstudy.MarkEdwardsandFrances
Young examined the thesis and provided much helpful and constructive
feedback. Mark also oversaw the conversion of the thesis into a monograph,
and I am very thankful for his guidance and encouragement through the
process. Likewise, I am grateful to Diarmaid MacCulloch and the Theology
andReligionMonographscommitteefortheirgenerousinvitationtopublish
this study with them, and to their anonymous reader for taking the time to
readtheworkinitsentiretyandforprovidingusefulanddetailedcomments.
A number of other scholars have also all looked at varying amounts of the
studyatdifferentstagesandhaveprovidedthoughtfulandinstructivecritique
whichhas sharpenedtheargument: Rich Bishop,Phil Booth,Conrad Leyser,
Neil McLynn, and Wendy Mayer. Thanks go also to David Rylaarsdam for
generously sharing with me abstracts of his monograph in advance of its
publication. Kampen Theological University in the Netherlands hosted me
for a peaceful and stress-free month in which much thoughtful progress was
made.IamgratefultooforthegenerousgrantprovidedbyAllSouls’College,
Oxford,in2013fromtheE.O.Jamesbequestintheearlystagesofmydoctoral
research.Fortheflawswhichremain,theresponsibilityis,ofcourse,myown.
Many debts of gratitude are owed also to those who have supported me
moregenerallyalongtheway.Mylovefortheancientworldwasfirstinspired
at school, particularly by my teachers Chris Burnand, Jenny Fishpool, David
Franklin,AdamJenkins,andHughPrice.Thatpassionwasfurtherdeveloped
and nurtured in my college community at Christ Church, Oxford: tutorials
with Elton Barker, Anna Clark, Lindsay Judson, Richard Rutherford, and
others will be long cherished for their intellectual stimulation. But there
have been many others—too many to name here—whose friendship has
been a source of greater encouragement and joy than they perhaps realize.
To name just a few of those friends to whom I am especially grateful for
continuallysharingsomeoftheburden:NathanHinton,RobLaw,TomLeary,
Alex Phillips, Stuart Ramsay, John Smallman, Rob Wainwright, and my
church family at St Ebbe’s. My greatest thanks go to Stephanie, without
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whose patient encouragement, persistent support, and limitless generosity of
spirit, this work would never have reached its conclusion. Lastly, of course,
there is a great debt of appreciation to my step-father and especially to my
mother, who has always been there from the very beginning. My thanks to
youall.
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Contents
NoteonAbbreviations xi
PART I INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction 3
2. TheStateoftheEvidence 23
PART II THE NATURE OF THE SERMON
3. PreachingandtheSchool 51
4. PreachingandtheCureofSouls 84
5. PropheticPreaching 105
6. PreachingandtheLiturgy 139
PART III IMPLICATIONS
7. TheCongregation 167
8. Conclusion 197
Appendix:TheUseofLectioContinua 201
Bibliography 211
Index 235
