Slavery in Early Christianity

Name: Slavery in Early Christianity
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ISBN: 9780800637897

ISBN-10: 0800637895

ISBN-13: 9780800637897

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jennifer A. Glancy

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This is the first paperback edition of the enlightening Oxford University hardcover published in 2002. Glancy here situates early Christian slavery in its broader cultural setting, arguing that modern scholars have consistently underestimated the pervasive impact of slavery on the institutional structures, ideologies, and practices of the early churches ? and upon the bodies of the enslaved. Her careful attention to the bodily experience of subjection and violation that constituted slavery makes this an indispensable book for anyone interested in slavery in early Christianity. Includes special chapters on Jesus and Paul.

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: 1517 Media
Publication date: 9/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.06" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



Bodies and Souls: The Rhetoric of Slavery


Body Count


Bodies without Boundaries


Female Bodies


Sexual Surrogates


Male Bodies


Shame, Honor, and Slave Bodies


Spiritual Slavery and Somatic Metaphors



Body Work: Slavery and the Pauline Churches


A Walk through the Streets of a Provincial City


Working Bodies: Occupations of Slaves


Domestic Bodies: Family Life among Slaves


The Head of the Body: The First Christian Slaveholders


Obstacles to Slaves' Participation in Pauline Churches


Body Work: Sexual Availability of Slaves


Bodies for Rent: Slavery and Prostitution


Enslaved Bodies and the Body of Christ



Body Language: Corporal Anxiety and Christian Theology


Em-bodiment: Sources of Slaves


Body Shop: Slaves for Sale


Bodies in Motion: Fugitive Slaves


Turning Bodies Around: Manumission of Slaves


Body Language: Metaphors of Enslavement, Sale, and Liberation in Christian Theological Discourse



Parabolic Bodies: The Figure of the Slave in the Sayings of Jesus


Figure of the Slave in Jesus' Discourse in Mark, Thomas, and John


Figure of the Slave in Jesus' Discourse in Luke


Parabolic Slaves in Matthew


Toward the Parables of Jesus


Body of Evidence



Moral Bodies: Ecclesiastical Development and Slaveholding Culture


Slave Morality versus Slaveholder Morality


Household Codes: Slave Morality or Slaveholder Morality?


Controlling Bodies


Notes


Bibliography


Index