Slavery in Early Christianity.Slavery in Early Christianity The term Early Christianity here refers to Christianity of the period after the Death of Jesus in the early 30s and before the First Council of Nicaea in 325. The term is sometimes used in a narrower sense of just the very first followers (disciples) of Jesus of Nazareth and the Jennifer A. Glancy Fortress Press c/o Augsburg Fortress Augsburg Fortress is the official publishing house of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and also publishes for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) as Augsburg Fortress Canada. , Publishers PO Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1209 0800637895 $22.00 fortresspress.com Jennifer A. Glancy (Professor of Religious Studies, LeMoyne College) presents Slavery in Early Christianity, a highly scholarly examination of the prevalence of slaves and slaveholders among early Christians, particularly in the Roman Empire. Chapters scrutinize how the social histories of emerging Christian churches had their rhetoric affected by the influence of slavery, the life experiences of slaves and what it meant to be a slave To Be A Slave is a novel by Julius Lester, illustrated by Tom Feelings. It explores what it was like to be a slave. in the first Christian centuries. Of particular interest is the figure of the slave in the sayings of Jesus Christ Jesus Christ: see Jesus. Jesus Christ 40 days after Resurrection, ascended into heaven. [N.T.: Acts 1:1–11] See : Ascension Jesus Christ kind to the poor, forgiving to the sinful. [N.T. , an aspect examined at length in historical and social as well as a religious context. A welcome addition to both university library and private religious studies collections. |
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