Glancy here situates early Christian slavery in its broader cultural setting, arguing that modern scholars have consistently underestimated the pervasive impact of slavery on the institutional structures, ideologies, and practices of the early churches - and upon the bodies of t…
Glancy here situates early Christian slavery in its broader cultural setting, arguing that modern scholars have consistently underestimated the pervasive impact of slavery on the institutional structures, ideologies, and practices of the early churches - and upon the bodies of t…
Even though black and white evangelicals often worshipped together, white evangelicals emerged as defenders of race-based slavery. Focusing on Virginia, this book argues that white evangelical ideas about slavery grewdirectly out of their interactions with black evangelicals.
Even though white evangelicals claimed spiritual fellowship with those of African descent, they nonetheless emerged as the most effective defenders of race-based slavery. As Charles Irons persuasively argues, white evangelicals' ideas about slavery grew directly out of their int…
Even though black and white evangelicals often worshipped together, white evangelicals emerged as defenders of race-based slavery. Focusing on Virginia, this book argues that white evangelical ideas about slavery grew directly out of their interactions with black evangelicals.