Unbound God

Chris L. de Wet is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies at the University of South Africa, and the Editor of the Journal of Early Christian History. He is also the author of Preaching Bondage: John Chrysostom and the Discourse of Slavery in Early Christianity (2015).

Judicious in its handling of primary sources and theoretically sophisticated, Chris de Wet’s The Unbound God: Slavery and the Formation of Early Christian Thought is an incisive analysis of the extent to which "doulology"—his apt neologism—shaped early Christian thought, informing basic Christian teachings on Christology, pneumatology, and sin. - Jennifer Glancy, Professor of Religious Studies, Le Moyne College, USA

• Chapter 1 Introducing Early Christian Doulology: Slavery to God, Doulological Classifications, and Early Christian IdentityChapter 2 Savior or Slave? Philippians 2:6–11 and the Problem of Slavery in Origen’s ChristologyChapter 3 Emancipating the Spirit: Slavery and Early Christian Pneumatology in Eunomius and Basil of CaesareaChapter 4 The Curse of Ham (Gen. 9:18–27): Slavery, Sin, and Punishment in John Chrysostom, Augustine, and the Cave of TreasuresChapter 5 Conclusion: The Unbound GodPrimary SourcesSecondary SourcesIndex