Chris L de Wet Preaching Bondage Book sku-45969335

In Preaching Bondage, Chris L de Wet examines doulology, or the discourse of slavery, in the homilies of John Chrysostom, a late fourth-century priest and bishop. The book studies enslavement in Chrysostom's theology, virtue ethics and biblical interpretation, including the effects of theological ideas about bondage on institutional slaves.

It considers his gendered, bodily language about slavery in discussions of households, property, education, discipline and sexuality, as well as tensions between Roman slaveholding and early Christianity. Chrysostom's public addresses provide much of the literary evidence. This hardcover Edition 1 is listed under Religion & Religious Studies Books as sku-45969335.