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Ancient slavery
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Christian social history
Concerted Effort
Cultural Historical Reading
doctrinal development
doulology
Early Christian
Early Christian Asceticism
Early Christian Authors
Early Christian Discourse
early Christian doctrine
early Christian hamartiology
Early Christian Identity
Early Christian Literature
Early Christian Thought
Early Christianity
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Eschatological Punishment
Father's Nakedness
Father’s Nakedness
Holy Spirit
Jerome's Vita Malchi
Jerome’s Vita Malchi
Late antique slavery
Late Antique Syria
Late Antiquity studies
Metaphorical Slaveries
Natural Slavery
Origen's Argument
Origen's Thought
Origen's Understanding
Origen’s Argument
Origen’s Thought
Origen’s Understanding
patristic theology
Philippians 2
Quo Vadimus
Secular Slave
Slave Doctor
Slavery
Slavery and Christianity
Slavery and early Christianity
Slavery and Eschatology
slavery and theology
slavery discourse
slavery discourse in early Christianity
slavery in scripture
Slavery in the ancient world
slaves in the ancient world
Spiritual Taxonomies
Trinitarian Debates
Unbegotten Father
Product details
- ISBN 9780367417918
- Weight: 350g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 13 Dec 2021
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This volume examines the prevalence, function, and socio-political effects of slavery discourse in the major theological formulations of the late third to early fifth centuries AD, arguably the most formative period of early Christian doctrine. The question the book poses is this: in what way did the Christian theologians of the third, fourth, and early fifth centuries appropriate the discourse of slavery in their theological formulations, and what could the effect of this appropriation have been for actual physical slaves? This fascinating study is crucial reading for anyone with an interest in early Christianity or Late Antiquity, and slavery more generally.
Chris L. de Wet is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies at the University of South Africa, and the Editor of the Journal of Early Christian History. He is also the author of Preaching Bondage: John Chrysostom and the Discourse of Slavery in Early Christianity (2015).
