A Christian Response to the Conflicting Relationship Between Slave and Master in A Christian Household
This paper seeks to investigate Paul’s response – based on his theological thoughts on love – on the conflicting relationship between Christian master and slave. With the aid of New Institutional Economics (NIE), two major characteristics of the relationship between a master and slave will be explai...
| Published in: | Scrinium |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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| In: |
Scrinium
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
letter to Philemon
Paul
love
Roman slavery
new institutional economics
economic relationship
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| Summary: | This paper seeks to investigate Paul’s response – based on his theological thoughts on love – on the conflicting relationship between Christian master and slave. With the aid of New Institutional Economics (NIE), two major characteristics of the relationship between a master and slave will be explained, namely objectifying and manipulating the relationship. Then, this paper will try to read Paul’s response to the conflicting relationship in the letter to Philemon – how he used different rhetoric to persuade Philemon to change his relationship with his slave in different levels, namely, theological perspective, core values and practical concern. |
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| ISSN: | 1817-7565 |
| Contains: | In: Scrinium
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18177565-00141P04 |