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"Pliny, the governor of Bithynia...records an important practice among Christian groups in Bithynia: enslaved persons participated in the religious practices of the community and even held specific titles....Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity is neither a celebration of early Christian a...

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Main Author: Shaner, Katherine Ann, 1976- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Christian leadership > History.
Enslaved Christians > History.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Leadership chrétien > Histoire.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Christian leadership
Enslaved Christians
Church history > Primitive and early church
30-600
Electronic books.
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Summary:"Pliny, the governor of Bithynia...records an important practice among Christian groups in Bithynia: enslaved persons participated in the religious practices of the community and even held specific titles....Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity is neither a celebration of early Christian abolitionary impulses nor a venture into the horrors of enslaved life in the Roman Empire. Rather it is a study of tensions, ambiguities, and power contestations that arise with the presence of enslaved persons in ancient religious communities."--Introduction, pages xi-xii.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 207 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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