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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. ** Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 Contents 8 List of figures 9 List of tables 10 Acknowledgements 11 Notes on abbreviations, texts, and translations 13 Introduction 16 1 Thinking with saleable bodies: an intersectional approach to

Author

Marianne Bjelland Kartzow

Publisher

Routledge Ltd

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780815374657

Subjects

History, Sociology, Christian