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The Unbound God: Slavery and the Formation of Early Christian Thought

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The Unbound God: Slavery and the Formation of Early Christian Thought - de Wet, Chris L
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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? ...

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The Unbound God: Slavery and the Formation of Early Christian Thought 2021, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780367417918

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The Unbound God: Slavery and the Formation of Early Christian Thought 2017, Routledge, London

ISBN-13: 9781138201163

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