Neil B Mclynn
Biographic Data
| ID | 4186775 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neil B Mclynn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neil B |
| FAMILY NAME | Mclynn |
| SIGNATURE | MCLYNN N B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Lupercales
Ambrose of Milan
In this new and illuminating interpretation of Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, Neil McLynn thoroughly sifts the evidence surrounding this very difficult personality. The result is a richly detailed interpretation of Ambrose's actions and writings that penetrates the bishop's painstaking presentation of self. McLynn succeeds in revealing Ambrose's manipulation of events without making him too Machiavellian. Having synthesized the vast co…
Exploring Gregory of Nyssa
Exploring Gregory of Nyssa: Philosophical, Theological, and Historical Studies' brings together an interdisciplinary team of historians, classicists, philosophers, and theologians to offer a holistic exploration of the thought of Gregory of Nyssa. The volume considers Gregory's role in the main philosophical and religious controversies of his era, such as his ecclesiastical involvement in the Neo-Nicene apologetical movement. It looks at his comp…
Conversion Anxieties
This paper explores the authority exercised by Christian preachers over their congregations during the 4th century. The argument will examine not the sources of the pastor's power, but various aspects of his intrinsic weaknesses. I shall suggest, above all, that we need to appreciate the extent to which priests' teaching was conditioned by awareness that only a limited range of Christian behaviour was susceptible to their command. A three-fold di…
Ambrose of Milan
In this new and illuminating interpretation of Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, Neil McLynn thoroughly sifts the evidence surrounding this very difficult personality. The result is a richly detailed interpretation of Ambrose's actions and writings that penetrates the bishop's painstaking presentation of self. McLynn succeeds in revealing Ambrose's manipulation of events without making him too Machiavellian. Having synthesized the vast co…
Exploring Gregory of Nyssa
Exploring Gregory of Nyssa: Philosophical, Theological, and Historical Studies' brings together an interdisciplinary team of historians, classicists, philosophers, and theologians to offer a holistic exploration of the thought of Gregory of Nyssa. The volume considers Gregory's role in the main philosophical and religious controversies of his era, such as his ecclesiastical involvement in the Neo-Nicene apologetical movement. It looks at his comp…
Conversion Anxieties
This paper explores the authority exercised by Christian preachers over their congregations during the 4th century. The argument will examine not the sources of the pastor's power, but various aspects of his intrinsic weaknesses. I shall suggest, above all, that we need to appreciate the extent to which priests' teaching was conditioned by awareness that only a limited range of Christian behaviour was susceptible to their command. A three-fold di…
Ambrose of Milan
In this new and illuminating interpretation of Ambrose, bishop of Milan from 374 to 397, Neil McLynn thoroughly sifts the evidence surrounding this very difficult personality. The result is a richly detailed interpretation of Ambrose's actions and writings that penetrates the bishop's painstaking presentation of self. McLynn succeeds in revealing Ambrose's manipulation of events without making him too Machiavellian. Having synthesized the vast co…
Lupercales
Art (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · 30 B.C.-476 A.D (1 work) · 397 (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (1 work) · Ambrose, saint, bishop of milan (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Antique (1 work)