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ancient roman slaveholding
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biblical basis for ancient slavery
biblical slavery
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chrysostom
chrysostoms homilies
chrysostoms public addresses
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discourse of slavery
divine bondage
doulology
dynamics of enslavement
early christianity
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human bondage
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problem of slavery in ancient world
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slavery and the church
slavery before 1500
slavery before 1619
slavery in the ancient world
social world of late antiquity
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- ISBN 9780520286214
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 21 Jul 2015
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Preaching Bondage introduces and investigates the novel concept of doulology, the discourse of slavery, in the homilies of John Chrysostom, the late fourth-century priest and bishop. Chris L de Wet examines the dynamics of enslavement in Chrysostom's theology, virtue ethics, and biblical interpretation and shows that human bondage as a metaphorical and theological construct had a profound effect on the lives of institutional slaves. The highly corporeal and gendered discourse associated with slavery was necessarily central in Chrysostom's discussions of the household, property, education, discipline, and sexuality. De Wet explores the impact of doulology in these contexts and disseminates the results in a new and highly anticipated language, bringing to light the more pervasive fissures between ancient Roman slave holding and early Christianity. The corpus of Chrysostom's public addresses provides much of the literary evidence for slavery in the fourth century, and De Wet's convincing analysis is a groundbreaking contribution to studies of the social world in late antiquity.
Chris L. de Wet is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies at the University of South Africa.
