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" Sin as Slavery and/or Slavery as Sin? On the Relationship between Slavery and Christian Hamartiology in Late Ancient Christianity "
Chris L. de Wet

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1082849
Doc. No	:	LA126478
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157430110X517906‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Chris L. de Wet
Title & Author	:	Sin as Slavery and/or Slavery as Sin? On the Relationship between Slavery and Christian Hamartiology in Late Ancient Christianity [Article]\ Chris L. de Wet
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and Theology
Date	:	2010
Volume/ Issue Number	:	17/1-2
Page No	:	26–39
Abstract	:	This study explores the relationship between slavery and the theological concept of original sin in late ancient Christianity. The link is discussed in terms of three intersections, namely “nature”, or “naturalness” and “unnaturalness”, domination, and kinship. These intersections shed light on the very conceptualization of the sin-as-slavery concept, and show that in many instances late ancient thinking differed considerably from classical conventions. Even though sin was considered as slavery, it took more than a millennium for the church to realize that slavery is sin. This study explores the relationship between slavery and the theological concept of original sin in late ancient Christianity. The link is discussed in terms of three intersections, namely “nature”, or “naturalness” and “unnaturalness”, domination, and kinship. These intersections shed light on the very conceptualization of the sin-as-slavery concept, and show that in many instances late ancient thinking differed considerably from classical conventions. Even though sin was considered as slavery, it took more than a millennium for the church to realize that slavery is sin.
Descriptor	:	Augustine
Descriptor	:	Chrysostom
Descriptor	:	domination
Descriptor	:	kinship
Descriptor	:	late antiquity
Descriptor	:	original sin
Descriptor	:	slavery
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157430110X517906‬