How Long to Read Art, Craft, and Theology in Fourth-Century Christian Authors

How Long Does it Take to Read Art, Craft, and Theology in Fourth-Century Christian Authors?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Art, Craft, and Theology in Fourth-Century Christian Authors by Morwenna Ludlow

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Description

Ancient authors commonly compared writing with painting. The sculpting of the soul was also a common philosophical theme. Art, Craft, and Theology in Fourth-Century Christian Authors takes its starting-point from such figures to recover a sense of ancient authorship as craft. The ancient concept of craft (ars, techne) spans 'high' or 'fine' art and practical or applied arts. It unites the beautiful and the useful. It includes both skills or practices (like medicine and music) and productive arts like painting, sculpting and the composition of texts. By using craft as a guiding concept for understanding fourth Christian authorship, this book recovers a sense of them engaged in a shared practice which is both beautiful and theologically useful, which shapes souls but which is also engaged in the production of texts. It focuses on Greek writers, especially the Cappadocians (Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nysa) and John Chrysostom, all of whom were trained in rhetoric. Through a detailed examination of their use of two particular literary techniques—ekphrasis and prosōpopoeia—it shows how they adapt and experiment with them, in order to make theological arguments and in order to evoke a response from their readership.

How long is Art, Craft, and Theology in Fourth-Century Christian Authors?

Art, Craft, and Theology in Fourth-Century Christian Authors by Morwenna Ludlow is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Art, Craft, and Theology in Fourth-Century Christian Authors Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Art, Craft, and Theology in Fourth-Century Christian Authors aloud.

What Reading Level is Art, Craft, and Theology in Fourth-Century Christian Authors?

Art, Craft, and Theology in Fourth-Century Christian Authors is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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