Intimate Labour : Gender, Labour, and the Letters of Paul

Zusammenfassung: Using the framework of intimate labour, in this article I consider some evidence for womens labour for and with God in Romans 16 and Philippians 4 alongside other ancient letters and everyday material evidence about womens labour. Evidence of intimate labour from the ancient world adds qualitative data that expands the scholarly scope of how we think about the ancient economy. In this article I ask, how can we account for the wide range of work, including work for and with God, in our descriptions of early Christianity? Whose labour is valued, and what types of labour are valuable in early Christianity? How did women negotiate their labour and contributions to early Christ communities within and beyond expectations of womens labour in the ancient world?

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (18 Seiten)
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Intimate Labour ; volume:10 ; number:1 ; year:2024 ; pages:69-86 ; PublicationDate: 20240531 ; Religion in the Roman empire ; 10, Heft 1 (2024), 69-86

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Quigley, Jennifer A.

Further information

• DOI: 10.1628/rre-2024-0006
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2406070333096.578881410505
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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