Abstract

This paper discusses the parable of the Minas and the last judgement from the Gospels of Matthew in light of their connections to slavery, the social justice gospel of Jesus, and the loss of compassion for the poor and disadvantaged by Matthew and in the epistolary books of the New Testament. The tendency of centuries of commentators and interpreters to soften the Biblical language of slavery to voluntary servitude undercuts both the radical nature of Jesus’s teachings and justifies a triumphalist rhetoric which has become aligned with the socially and politically powerful, rather than their victims.

Presenters

Mary Marcel
Associate Professor, Experience Design, Bentley University, Massachusetts, United States

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Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Religious Foundations

KEYWORDS

Slavery, Parable, Jesus, Rene Girard, Suffering

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