Religion and Society in Late Antiquity; sermons; social attitudes and social relations; laypeople; John Chrysostom; Cappadocian Fathers

Christianization and communication in Late Antiquity: John Chrysostom and his
Congregation in Antioch (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006).

"Pedagogical Methods in the Sermons of John Chrysostom," Studia Patristica XLI
(Leuven, Belgium: Peeters, 2006).

"Lay Piety in the Sermons of John Chrysostom," in A People's History of Christianity, Volume
3: Byzantine Christianity. Derek Kruger, ed. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006).

"The Attitudes of the Cappadocian Fathers toward Uneducated Christians" Studia Patristica
(Leuven, Belgium: Peeters, 2010).

"Education, Humility and Choosing Ideal Bishops in Late Antiquity," in Episcopal Elections in
Late Antiquity, Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte 119. J. Leemans et al., eds. (Berlin: DeGruyter, 2011) 449-62.

"Paganism and Christianization," in Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity. Scott Johnson, ed.
(Oxford University Press, 2012) 849-875.

"Social Interactions in a Rural Monastery: Scholars, Peasants, and Monks in the Life of
Hypatius," in Motions of Late Antiquity: Essays on Religion, Politics, and Society in Honor of Peter Brown. Jamie Kreiner and Helmut Reimitz, eds. (Brussels: Brepols, 2016) 89-106.

"Popular Theology and its Limits in Late Antiquity" in Locating Popular Culture in the Ancient
World. Lucy Grig, ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017) 277-95.

"Letter-Writing and Preaching," in Augustine in Context. Tarmo Toom, ed. (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2017).

"The Voice of the People of Antioch in John Chrysostom's Sermons and Libanius' Orations," in Antioch II, The Many Faces of Antioch: Intellectual Exchange and Religious Diversity in Antioch (CE 350-450). Susanna Elm and Silke-Petra Bergjan, eds. (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018).

"Sermons as Literature," in The Blackwell Companion to Late Antique Literature, Scott McGill and Edward Watts, eds. (Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming).

"Attitudes about Social Hierarchy in a Late Antique City: The Case of Libanius and John Chrysostom's Antioch," in City and Saints in Late Antiquity. Young Kim and A. E. T. McLaughlin, eds. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).

"How Level is the Playing Field? Virtue and Socio-Economic Standing in the works of Gregory of Nyssa," in Religion and Class in Antiquity: Explorations of Jewish and Christian Writings in Perspective. Michael Flexsenhar, ed. (Atlanta: Society for Biblical Literature, forthcoming).