عنوان

The Great Christian Failure of Mastery

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LA126674

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

The Great Christian Failure of Mastery

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[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Chris L. de Wet

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

The purpose of this article is to investigate the intersection of the discourse of slavery - or doulology - and Romanness in Salvian of Marseilles' De gubernatione Dei. After providing a short overview of the author and his work, the study examines how Salvian considers the slavery to God as the most important expression of true Christian-Roman pietas. Thereafter Salvian's vice list, which is based on servile vices or uitia seruorum - including robbery, lying, greed, homicide, and sexual misconduct - is investigated to show how his Christian opponents fail both at being good masters of slaves and good slaves of God. The sexual abuse of slaves by Christian masters receives special attention. Finally, the study delineates the key dynamics and implications of Salvian's doulology, and shows that the Christian failure of mastery, both of the self and others, is what informs Salvian's view of why the Christian-Roman Empire is disintegrating under barbarian powers. The purpose of this article is to investigate the intersection of the discourse of slavery - or doulology - and Romanness in Salvian of Marseilles' De gubernatione Dei. After providing a short overview of the author and his work, the study examines how Salvian considers the slavery to God as the most important expression of true Christian-Roman pietas. Thereafter Salvian's vice list, which is based on servile vices or uitia seruorum - including robbery, lying, greed, homicide, and sexual misconduct - is investigated to show how his Christian opponents fail both at being good masters of slaves and good slaves of God. The sexual abuse of slaves by Christian masters receives special attention. Finally, the study delineates the key dynamics and implications of Salvian's doulology, and shows that the Christian failure of mastery, both of the self and others, is what informs Salvian's view of why the Christian-Roman Empire is disintegrating under barbarian powers.

Date of Publication

2018

Physical description

394-417

Title

Religion and Theology

Volume Number

25/3-4

International Standard Serial Number

1574-3012

Subject Term

Christian Slavery

Subject Term

De gubernatione Dei

Subject Term

Late Antiquity

Subject Term

Roman Slavery

Subject Term

Salvian of Marseilles

Chris L. de Wet

Call Number

10.1163/15743012-02503014

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[Article]

275578

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