Download or read book Slavery in Early Christianity written by Jennifer A. Glancy and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2002 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though early Christians were both slaves and slaveholders, there has been little study of what they thought about the realities of slavery. Glancy situates early Christian slavery in its broader cultural context, arguing that scholars have underestimated its impact on the institutional structures, ideologies, and practices of the early churches.