Friends of God and Slaves of Men: Religion and Slavery, Past and Present

Author:   Kevin Bales (University of Nottingham) ,  Michael Rota (University of St. Thomas)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009631129


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   27 November 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Friends of God and Slaves of Men: Religion and Slavery, Past and Present


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Author:   Kevin Bales (University of Nottingham) ,  Michael Rota (University of St. Thomas)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781009631129


ISBN 10:   1009631128
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   27 November 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; Part I. Religious Responses to Slavery – Historical Patterns: 2. Justifying slavery; 3. Ameliorating slavery; 4. Restricting slavery; 5. Rejecting slavery; Part II. Religion and Contemporary Slavery: 6. Slavery in the modern world; 7. False prophets: exploiting faith to enslave; 8. Religion's role in freeing slaves today; Bibliography; Index.

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Kevin Bales is Professor of Contemporary Slavery and co-founder of the Rights Lab, University of Nottingham, and the American NGO, Free the Slaves. His book Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy has been published in twelve languages. Archbishop Desmond Tutu called the book 'a well researched, scholarly and deeply disturbing expose of modern slavery.' The film based on Disposable People, which he co-wrote, won the Peabody Award and two Emmys. Michael Rota is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota. He has authored scholarly articles on the definition of slavery and on the relevance of moral psychology to the history of abolition, as well as numerous contributions to the philosophy of religion.

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