Slavery in Early Christianity

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Fortress Press, 2006 - History - 203 pages

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.

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About the author (2006)

Jennifer A. Glancy is The Rev. Kevin G. O'Connell, S.J., Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. A 2018 fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies, she has published three books and dozens of scholarly articles and chapters on the cultural history of early Christianity, corporeality, women's history in antiquity, and comparative studies of slavery.