The Unbound God

Chris L. de Wet is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies at the University of South Africa, and the Editor of the Journal of Early Christian History. He is also the author of Preaching Bondage: John Chrysostom and the Discourse of Slavery in Early Christianity (2015).

Chapter 1 Introducing Early Christian Doulology: Slavery to God, Doulological Classifications, and Early Christian Identity

Chapter 2 Savior or Slave? Philippians 2:6–11 and the Problem of Slavery in Origen’s Christology

Chapter 3 Emancipating the Spirit: Slavery and Early Christian Pneumatology in Eunomius and Basil of Caesarea

Chapter 4 The Curse of Ham (Gen. 9:18–27): Slavery, Sin, and Punishment in John Chrysostom, Augustine, and the Cave of Treasures

Chapter 5 Conclusion: The Unbound God

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Index