The First Christian Slave

Author : Mary Ann Beavis
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725270183

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The First Christian Slave by Mary Ann Beavis Pdf

The slave Onesimus is the central figure in the letter to Philemon, but he remains silent throughout the discourse. Studies of the letter focus on whether or not Onesimus was a fugitive slave, and on the question of Paul’s intentions for him: did he want Philemon to accept him back as a brother in faith; did he expect Philemon to return Onesimus to him for his own use; or was Paul hinting that Philemon should manumit Onesimus? This study centers on Onesimus as an intentional convert; the first Christian slave whose name we know. Using research about early Christian slavery, slavery in the Roman world, and comparative evidence from African-American slave narratives, this study starts from the assumption that Onesimus had his own motives and aspirations in pursuing his association with Paul, and reconstructs his voice using hints within and outside the text that suggest his agency and subjectivity.

Author : Katharine Gerbner
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780812294903

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Christian Slavery by Katharine Gerbner Pdf

Could slaves become Christian? If so, did their conversion lead to freedom? If not, then how could perpetual enslavement be justified? In Christian Slavery, Katharine Gerbner contends that religion was fundamental to the development of both slavery and race in the Protestant Atlantic world. Slave owners in the Caribbean and elsewhere established governments and legal codes based on an ideology of "Protestant Supremacy," which excluded the majority of enslaved men and women from Christian communities. For slaveholders, Christianity was a sign of freedom, and most believed that slaves should not be eligible for conversion. When Protestant missionaries arrived in the plantation colonies intending to convert enslaved Africans to Christianity in the 1670s, they were appalled that most slave owners rejected the prospect of slave conversion. Slaveholders regularly attacked missionaries, both verbally and physically, and blamed the evangelizing newcomers for slave rebellions. In response, Quaker, Anglican, and Moravian missionaries articulated a vision of "Christian Slavery," arguing that Christianity would make slaves hardworking and loyal. Over time, missionaries increasingly used the language of race to support their arguments for slave conversion. Enslaved Christians, meanwhile, developed an alternate vision of Protestantism that linked religious conversion to literacy and freedom. Christian Slavery shows how the contentions between slave owners, enslaved people, and missionaries transformed the practice of Protestantism and the language of race in the early modern Atlantic world.

Author : Mary Ann Beavis
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725270190

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The First Christian Slave by Mary Ann Beavis Pdf

The slave Onesimus is the central figure in the letter to Philemon, but he remains silent throughout the discourse. Studies of the letter focus on whether or not Onesimus was a fugitive slave, and on the question of Paul's intentions for him: did he want Philemon to accept him back as a brother in faith; did he expect Philemon to return Onesimus to him for his own use; or was Paul hinting that Philemon should manumit Onesimus? This study centers on Onesimus as an intentional convert; the first Christian slave whose name we know. Using research about early Christian slavery, slavery in the Roman world, and comparative evidence from African-American slave narratives, this study starts from the assumption that Onesimus had his own motives and aspirations in pursuing his association with Paul, and reconstructs his voice using hints within and outside the text that suggest his agency and subjectivity.

Author : Jennifer A. Glancy,Joseph C Georg Professor of Religious Studies Jennifer A Glancy
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195136098

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Slavery in Early Christianity by Jennifer A. Glancy,Joseph C Georg Professor of Religious Studies Jennifer A Glancy Pdf

"Jennifer A. Glancy brings a multilayered approach to these and many other issues, offering a comprehensive reexamination of the evidence pertaining to slavery in early Christianity."--Jacket.

Author : John F. MacArthur
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781400203185

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Slave by John F. MacArthur Pdf

A COVER-UP OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS... Centuries ago, English translators perpetrated a fraud in the New Testament, and it’s been purposely hidden and covered up ever since. Your own Bible is probably included in the cover-up! In this book, which includes a study guide for personal or group use, John MacArthur unveils the essential and clarifying revelation that may be keeping you from a fulfilling—and correct—relationship with God. It’s powerful. It’s controversial. And with new eyes you’ll see the riches of your salvation in a radically new way. What does it mean to be a Christian the way Jesus defined it? MacArthur says it all boils down to one word: SLAVE “We have been bought with a price. We belong to Christ. We are His own possession.” Endorsements: "Dr. John MacArthur is never afraid to tell the truth and in this book he does just that. The Christian's great privilege is to be the slave of Christ. Dr. MacArthur makes it clear that this is one of the Bible's most succinct ways of describing our discipleship. This is a powerful exposition of Scripture, a convincing corrective to shallow Christianity, a masterful work of pastoral encouragement...a devotional classic." - Dr. R. Albert Mohler, President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary "John MacArthur expertly and lucidly explains that Jesus frees us from bondage into a royal slavery that we might be His possession. Those who would be His children must, paradoxically, be willing to be His slaves." - Dr. R.C. Sproul "Dr. John MacArthur's teaching on 'slavery' resonates in the deepest recesses of my 'inner-man.' As an African-American pastor, I have been there. That is why the thought of someone writing about slavery as being a 'God-send' was the most ludicrous, unconscionable thing that I could have ever imagined...until I read this book. Now I see that becoming a slave is a biblical command, completely redefining the idea of freedom in Christ. I don't want to simply be a 'follower' or even just a 'servant'...but a 'slave'." - The Rev. Dr. Dallas H. Wilson, Jr., Vicar, St. John's Episcopal Chapel, Charleston, SC

Author : Jennifer A. Glancy
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451410938

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Slavery as Moral Problem by Jennifer A. Glancy Pdf

The fact that some early Christians were slaves does not present a moral problem for Christians today. The fact that some early Christians were slaveholders does. Jennifer Glancy tackles questions that continue to haunt contemporary men and women, inside and outside of the churches: Why didn't Jesus speak out forcefully against slavery? Why didn't the early church see slavery as fundamentally incompatible with the gospel? Were there any bright moments when some Christians in fact drew that conclusion, and why don't we know more about them? Why didn't Christianity have more of an impact on slaveholding in the Roman Empire? And what lessons can we learn as we face moral catastrophes in our own day?

Author : Marianne Bjelland Kartzow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351241595

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The Slave Metaphor and Gendered Enslavement in Early Christian Discourse by Marianne Bjelland Kartzow Pdf

The Slave Metaphor and Gendered Enslavement in Early Christian Discourse adds new knowledge to the ongoing discussion of slavery in early Christian discourse. Kartzow argues that the complex tension between metaphor and social reality in early Christian discourse is undertheorized. A metaphor can be so much more than an innocent thought figure; it involves bodies, relationships, life stories, and memory in complex ways. The slavery metaphor is troubling since it makes theology of a social institution that is profoundly troubling. This study rethinks the potential meaning of the slavery metaphor in early Christian discourse by use of a variety of texts, read with a whole set of theoretical tools taken from metaphor theory and intersectional gender studies, in particular. It also takes seriously the contemporary context of modern slavery, where slavery has re-appeared as a term to name trafficking, gendered violence, and inhuman power systems.

Author : Michael Card
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781458764669

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A Better Freedom by Michael Card Pdf

A Better Freedom explores the biblical imagery of slavery as a metaphor for Christian discipleship. Michael Card shows how the early church saw Greco-Roman slavery as a window into understanding Jesus both as the Savior who took on the form of a slave, but also the true Lord and Master who sets us free from our own slavery to sin. --from publisher description.

Author : Michael Flexsenhar III
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780271084091

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Christians in Caesar’s Household by Michael Flexsenhar III Pdf

In this volume, Michael Flexsenhar III advances the argument that imperial slaves and freedpersons in the Roman Empire were essential to early Christians’ self-conception as a distinct people in the Mediterranean and played a multifaceted role in the making of early Christianity. Scholarship in early Christianity has for centuries viewed Roman emperors’ slaves and freedmen as responsible for ushering Christianity onto the world stage, traditionally using Paul’s allusion to “the saints from Caesar’s household” in Philippians 4:22 as a core literary lens. Merging textual and material evidence with diaspora and memory studies, Flexsenhar expands on this narrative to explore new and more nuanced representations of this group, showing how the long-accepted stories of Christian slaves and freepersons in Caesar’s household should not be taken at face value but should instead be understood within the context of Christian myth- and meaning-making. Flexsenhar analyzes textual and material evidence from the first to the sixth century, spanning Roman Asia, the Aegean rim, Gaul, and the coast of North Africa as well as the imperial capital itself. As a result, this book shows how stories of the emperor’s slaves were integral to key developments in the spread of Christianity, generating origin myths in Rome and establishing a shared history and geography there, differentiating and negotiating assimilation with other groups, and expressing commemorative language, ritual acts, and a material culture. With its thoughtful critical readings of literary and material sources and its fresh analysis of the lived experiences of imperial slaves and freedpersons, Christians in Caesar’s Household is indispensable reading for scholars of early Christianity, the origins of religion, and the Roman Empire.

Author : James Albert Harrill
Publisher : J.C.B. Mohr (P. Siebeck)
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015034518806

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The Manumission of Slaves in Early Christianity by James Albert Harrill Pdf

Author : James Albert Harrill
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 145140994X

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Slaves in the New Testament by James Albert Harrill Pdf

In this exciting new analysis of slaves and slavery in the New Testament, Harrill breaks new ground with his extensive use of Greco-Roman evidence, discussion of hermeneutics, and treatment of the use of the New Testament in antebellum U.S. slavery debates. He examines in detail Philemon, 1 Corinthians, Romans, Luke-Acts, and the household codes.

Author : R. Davis
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1403945519

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Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters by R. Davis Pdf

This is a study that digs deeply into this 'other' slavery, the bondage of Europeans by North-African Muslims that flourished during the same centuries as the heyday of the trans-Atlantic trade from sub-Saharan Africa to the Americas. Here are explored the actual extent of Barbary Coast slavery, the dynamic relationship between master and slave, and the effects of this slaving on Italy, one of the slave takers' primary targets and victims.

Author : Murray J. Harris
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001-05-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830826087

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Slave of Christ by Murray J. Harris Pdf

Exploring what it means to be a slave of Christ, Murray J. Harris assesses the nature of slavery in the Greco-Roman world in this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume. He describes the New Testament's attitude toward slavery and discusses related topics like spiritual freedom, lordship, ownership and privilege.

Author : Mary Ann Beavis,HyeRan Kim-Cragg
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498232197

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What Does the Bible Say? by Mary Ann Beavis,HyeRan Kim-Cragg Pdf

This book is a collaboration between a biblical scholar (Mary Ann Beavis) and a practical theologian (HyeRan Kim-Cragg) who are concerned with the way that the Bible is portrayed and interpreted in popular culture, including but not limited to the movies. This concern points to a need for a conversation, examining what the Bible actually says, in order to uncover transformations and distortions of the biblical stories in the wider culture--including Christian culture. Our conversation is counter-cultural, not in an oppositional way, but taking an alternative posture that aims to provide different insights by drawing from and closely looking at the Bible. The chapters take a Christian canonical approach, articulating "what the Bible says" (and doesn't say) with regard to culturally pervasive themes such as sin and salvation, Christ and Antichrist, heaven and hell, in contrast to popular understandings as disseminated in (primarily) film, advertising, television, etc. We hope that together we will open up fertile academic, ecclesial, and secular space for disclosing loaded cultural and ideological views towards offering positive and intriguing insights embedded in the Bible.

Author : D. Armstrong
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0469806230

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The Christian Doctrine of Slavery by D. Armstrong Pdf

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