"Paideia and Cult" explores the role of Christian education and worship in the complex process of conversion and Christianization. It analyzes the "Catechetical Homilies" of Theodore of Mopsuestia as a curriculum designed to train those seeking initiation into the Christian mysteries. Although Theodore gave considerable attention to teaching creedal theology, he sought to go beyond simply communicating information. His catechetical preaching set the teaching of Christian ideas within the context of religious community and ritual participation. In doing so he sought to produce a Christianized...