Paradoxically, by "moralizing" slavery—focusing on the "slavery of the soul" to sin—Chrysostom’s preaching often reinforced the physical structures of institutional slavery, leading to its passive acceptance in early Christian society. Scholarly Context
It analyzes how the slave's body was viewed as "fungible property" and how this shaped ancient Christian views on education, household discipline, and sexuality. Preaching bondage : John Chrysostom and the dis...
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The title refers to the book (2015) by Chris L. de Wet, a scholar at the University of South Africa . Preaching bondage : John Chrysostom and the dis...
Reviewers from the Journal of Early Christian Studies and the Journal of Global Slavery have praised the work as a groundbreaking contribution to the cultural history of late antiquity. It is often used to show how Christian thought "Christianized" rather than abolished ancient Roman slaveholding practices.