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For Their Own Good: Moral Slavery 101--The Aristotelian Cantus Firmus, Gary M. Simpson Apr 2011

For Their Own Good: Moral Slavery 101--The Aristotelian Cantus Firmus, Gary M. Simpson

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“Moral slavery” will sound curiously—even immorally—oxymoronic to most of us, and a “course” in Aristotle’s views on “moral slavery” will seem quaintly archaic or irrelevantly “academic.” We will be surprised to learn how much these ideas have influenced our culture and continue to influence our lives and politics.


"Putting On The Neighbor": The Ciceronian Impulse In Luther's Christian Approach To Practical Reason, Gary M. Simpson Jan 2011

"Putting On The Neighbor": The Ciceronian Impulse In Luther's Christian Approach To Practical Reason, Gary M. Simpson

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Ephesians And Stoic Physics, David E. Fredrickson Apr 2002

Ephesians And Stoic Physics, David E. Fredrickson

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A primer in Stoic physics is required to understand Ephesians’ description of the body of Christ. The result is problematic


No Noose Is Good News: Leadership As A Theological Problem In The Corinthian Correspondence, David E. Fredrickson Oct 1996

No Noose Is Good News: Leadership As A Theological Problem In The Corinthian Correspondence, David E. Fredrickson

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The role of the leader implied by Paul’s Corinthian letters is to prepare persons for public participation in the gathered community. Paul portrays himself as the community’s slave, who thus makes others free for political participation.