Slaves and religions in Graeco-Roman antiquity and modern Brazil / edited by Stephen Hodkinson and Dick Geary.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Hodkinson, Stephen (Editor), Geary, Dick (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
Subjects:	Slavery > Greece > Religious aspects. Slavery > Rome > Religious aspects. Slavery > Brazil > Religious aspects. Slavery > Religious aspects. Brazil. Greece. Rome (Empire)

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Slaves and religions : historiographies, ancient and modern / Stephen Hodkinson and Dick Geary
In the eyes of the beholders or in the minds of the believers? Historicizing "religion" and enslavement / Joseph C. Miller
The ritual activity of Roman slaves / J.A. North
Slaves and role reversal in Ancient Greek cults / Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz
Slaves included? Sexual regulations and slave participation in two ancient religious groups / Karin Neutel
The journey home : a freed Mulatto priest, a Cipriano Pires Sardinha, and his religious mission to Dahomey / Júnia Ferreira Furtado
Manumission, social rebirth, and healing Gods in Ancient Greece / Deborah Kamen
The Apollo of slaves and freedmen / Bassir Amiri
Infant slave baptisms, legitimacy, parental origins, godparenthood and naming practices in the Parish of São José Do Rio Das Mortes Brazil (1750-1850) / Douglas Cole Libby
"What will happen to me if I leave?" Ancient Greek oracles, slaves and slave owners / Esther Eidinow
Magic, religion, and the Roman slave : resistance, control and community / Niall McKeown
"The rights of man" or "Afro-American call to holy war" : religion, ideology and slave revolt in Brazil, 1750-1880 / Dick Geary.

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