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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Flexsenhar III (Rhodes College)Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press Volume: 1 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 22.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780271082332ISBN 10: 027108233 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 21 February 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1 Paul, the Philippians, and Caesar’s Household (Phil 4:22) 2 Paul, Peter, and Nero’s Slaves: Martyrdoms and Apostolic Acts 3 Rome’s Imperial Household in Christian Polemic and Apologetic 4 Christian Piety and a Martyred Slave of Caesar 5 Material Evidence for a Christian Imperial Freedman 6 Christians and Imperial Personnel in Rome’s Catacombs Conclusion: The Memory of Imperial Slavery in Early Christianity Appendixes Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsDebunking a popular view that Christians in the days of Paul had already infiltrated the inner circles of imperial power, Flexsenahr argues instead that stories about the household of Caesar helped Christians map their identity through late antiquity. This book deftly demonstrates the importance of material culture for the interpretation of literary sources. --Jennifer Glancy, author of Slavery in Early Christianity With an incisive, cogent, and creative application of memory studies to early Christian literature, Michael Flexsenhar III's Christians in Caesar's Household presents us with a critical picture of how and why early Christian authors felt it so strategically important to memorialize Christian imperial slaves. Flexsenhar's work demonstrates aptly that early Christianity fashioned itself imperially, using slavery to shape its identity in ways that will be, without a doubt, everlasting. --Chris L. de Wet, author of The Unbound God: Slavery and the Formation of Early Christian Thought The book will be helpful to anyone interested in ancient slavery and the myths associated with the rise of Christianity. -Ronald Charles, Reading Religion Flexsenhar reassesses the evidence of Philippians; he de-romanticises comparative materials from the catacombs. The result is a short, readable, and persuasive masterpiece of deconstruction. -Cally Hammond, Church Times Christians in Caesar's Household weaves a truly reformative story about Christian imperial freedpersons and thus about imperial acceptance of Christianity in the fourth century. Flexsenhar turns a critical lens on the usual triumphalist narrative, using both texts and archaeology to fundamentally shift our historical understanding to account for the brutality and messiness of slavery's legacy in the Christian ascendancy. -Katherine A. Shaner, author of Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity Debunking a popular view that Christians in the days of Paul had already infiltrated the inner circles of imperial power, Flexsenhar argues instead that stories about the household of Caesar helped Christians map their identity through late antiquity. This book deftly demonstrates the importance of material culture for the interpretation of literary sources. -Jennifer Glancy, author of Slavery in Early Christianity With an incisive, cogent, and creative application of memory studies to early Christian literature, Michael Flexsenhar III's Christians in Caesar's Household presents us with a critical picture of how and why early Christian authors felt it so strategically important to memorialize Christian imperial slaves. Flexsenhar's work demonstrates aptly that early Christianity fashioned itself imperially, using slavery to shape its identity in ways that will be, without a doubt, everlasting. -Chris L. de Wet, author of The Unbound God: Slavery and the Formation of Early Christian Thought Author InformationMichael Flexsenhar III is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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