The Slave Metaphor and Gendered Enslavement in Early Christian Discourse: Double Trouble Embodied

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Marianne Bjelland Kartzow (University of Oslo, Norway)

The Slave Metaphor and Gendered Enslavement in Early Christian Discourse

Double Trouble Embodied

Marianne Bjelland Kartzow (University of Oslo, Norway)

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Routledge
19 April 2018

Slavery & abolition of slavery; The Early Church; Christian social thought & activity

Series: Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World

The Slave Metaphor and Gendered Enslavement in Early Christian Discourse adds new knowledge to the ongoing discussion of slavery in early Christian discourse. Kartzow argues that the complex tension between metaphor and social reality in early Christian discourse is undertheorized. A metaphor can be so much more than an innocent thought figure; it involves bodies, relationships, life stories, and memory in complex ways. The slavery metaphor is troubling since it makes theology of a social institution that is profoundly troubling. This study rethinks the potential meaning of the slavery metaphor in early Christian discourse by use of a variety of texts, read with a whole set of theoretical tools taken from metaphor theory and intersectional gender studies, in particular. It also takes seriously the contemporary context of modern slavery, where slavery has re-appeared as a term to name trafficking, gendered violence, and inhuman power systems.

By: Marianne Bjelland Kartzow (University of Oslo Norway)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780815374657
ISBN 10: 0815374658
Series: Routledge Studies in the Early Christian World
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 19 April 2018
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marianne Bjelland Kartzow is Professor of New Testament Studies at the Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo, Norway

Reviews for The Slave Metaphor and Gendered Enslavement in Early Christian Discourse: Double Trouble Embodied

Kartzow's The Slave Metaphor and Gendered Enslavement in Early Christian Discourse fundamentally reconfigures the way that scholars approach slavery, its attendant metaphors, and its production of gender in early Christian studies. Kartzow takes the very nature of metaphor-its ability to produce multivalent meanings-and situates this multiplicity into intersectional historical analysis of early Christian discourses. The result is a powerful re-working of early Christian history that foregrounds the centrality of enslavement in the creation of theologies, literature, and histories. - Katherine A. Shaner, Wake Forest University School of Divinity, USA