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Slavery in early Christianity / Jennifer A. Glancy ; foreword by Daniel Jose Camacho.
This is the first paperback edition of the enlighteningOxford University hardcover published in 2002. Glancy here situates early Christian slavery in its broadercultural setting, arguing that modern scholars haveconsistently underestimated the pervasive impact ofslavery on the institutional structures, ideologies, andpractices of the early churches - and upon the bodiesof the enslaved. Her careful attention to the bodilyexperience of subjection and violation that constitutedslavery makes this an indispensable book for anyoneinterested in slavery in early Christianity. Includes specialchapters on Jesus and Paul.
Record details
- ISBN: 9798889830887 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xviii, 318 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: Expanded edition.
- Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Bodies and souls : the rhetoric of slavery -- Body work : slavery and the Pauline Churches -- Body language : corporal anxiety and Christian theology -- Parabolic bodies : the figure of the slave in the sayings of Jesus -- Moral bodies : ecclesiastical development and slaveholding culture. |
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| Subject: | Slavery and the church > History. Church and social problems > History. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| The Pas Campus Library | HT 913 .G53 2024 (Text) | 58500001243799 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |
