The slave metaphor and gendered enslavement in early Christian discourse: double trouble embodied
Thinking with saleable bodies: an intersectional approach to the slavery metaphor -- Embodying the slavery metaphor: female characters and slavery language -- Metaphor and masculinity: the no longer slave formulations (John 15:15 and Gal 4:7) -- The paradox of slavery: all believers are slaves of th...
| Résumé: | Thinking with saleable bodies: an intersectional approach to the slavery metaphor -- Embodying the slavery metaphor: female characters and slavery language -- Metaphor and masculinity: the no longer slave formulations (John 15:15 and Gal 4:7) -- The paradox of slavery: all believers are slaves of the Lord, but some are more slaves than others -- From slave of a female owner to slave of God: negotiating gender, sexuality, and status in the Shepherd of Hermas -- Jesus, the slave trader: metaphor made real in the Act of Thomas |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0815374658 |