Prejudice and Christian beginnings : investigating race, gender, and ethnicity in early Christian Studies /

Prejudice and Christian beginnings : investigating race, gender, and ethnicity in early Christian Studies / - 1st Fortress Press pbk. ed - Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, ©2010 - xiv, 319 Pages. : ill. ; 23 cm

"Discussions of a small symposium on the same topic held at Harvard University Divinity School in Spring 2007."--P. vii

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : exploring the intersections of race, gender, status, and ethnicity in early Christian studies / Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza -- pt. I. Race, gender, and ethnicity in early Christianity : theorizing the field of inquiry. Be not afraid of the dark : critical race theory and classical studies / Shelley P. Haley -- The Knidian Aphrodite in the Roman Empire and Hiram Powers's Greek slave : on ethnicity, gender, and desire / Laura Nasrallah -- "From every nation under heaven" :

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Discrimination--Religious aspects--Christianity
Prejudices--History
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Racism--Religious aspects--Christianity
Sexism--Religious aspects--Christianity
Ethnocentrism

BL68.E68 / P74 2010