Difficult Texts: Colossians 3.22 – Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything
According to the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons report there are 27 million people in slavery today. In the face of such suffering, the conventional interpretation of Colossians 3.22 as a rule for Christian behaviour in the workplace seems blinkered. This article suggests that the...
| Published in: | Theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Sage
2014
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| In: |
Theology
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| Further subjects: | B
Slavery
B Bible B Contemporary application |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | According to the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons report there are 27 million people in slavery today. In the face of such suffering, the conventional interpretation of Colossians 3.22 as a rule for Christian behaviour in the workplace seems blinkered. This article suggests that the eighteenth-century Abolitionists' focus on the redeeming love of God, rather than rules for the individual, might help us to look beyond our own lives and towards serving others. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2696 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040571X14521744 |