Enslaved leadership in early Christianity - Shaner, Katherine Ann, 1976- (2018)
Power in perspectives: interpreting enslaved presence in archaeological materials -- Power plays: Roman policies, public slaves, and social status -- Voices of power: Onesimos, Paul, and the ambiguity of the enslaved in Christ -- Shifting power: ambiguous status, visual rhetoric, and the enslaved in imperial sacrificial practices -- Power in the ekklesia: contesting enslaved leadership in 1 Timothy and Ignatius.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-201) and index.
Keywords: Christian leadership -- History; Christian slaves -- History; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.