Chrysostom's Devil: Demons, the Will, and Virtue in Patristic Soteriology

For many Christians today, the notion that demons should play a role in our faith—or that they even exist—may seem dubious. But that was certainly not the case for John Chrysostom, the "golden-tongued" early church preacher and theologian who became the bishop of Constantinople near the end of the fourth century. Indeed, references to demons and the devil permeate his rhetoric. But to what end?

In this New Explorations in Theology volume, Samantha Miller examines Chrysostom's theology and wo...