Jon Michael Spencer - "Neither Slave Nor Freeman" (July 29, 1990)

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Title:
Jon Michael Spencer - "Neither Slave Nor Freeman" (July 29, 1990)
Description:

  • Paul's message to Philemon is an appeal to set his slave Onesimus free--one that must go beyond the ideological into practice. White Christians are called to do the same by not only recognizing but treating their black siblings as fully equal. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)

  • Sermon start time: (Part 1) 23:39. Sermon end time: (Part 1) 50:29.

  • Key quotation: "To be in Christ makes it logically and sociologically impossible for Philemon to relate to Onesimus as both a brother and a slave, as simultaneously an equal and inferior. To be in Christ makes it logically and sociologically impossible for white Christians to relate to black people as simultaneously slaves and fellow human beings."

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https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r40g3hc9h
Date:
July 29, 1990
Speaker:
Spencer, Jon Michael
Liturgical Calendar:
Pentecost
Biblical Book:
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Contributor:
Duke University. Chapel
Identifier:
  • UA.17.01.0003 VHS-0192
  • ref8817_n3y
  • uachapelsermaud
  • duke:321619
  • dcrmv001184
  • ark:/87924/r40g3hc9h
  • 674738a0-7907-4bb7-9a4e-6cbdde3a747a
Digital Collection:
Duke Chapel Recordings
Source Collection:
Duke University Chapel recordings
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Language:
English
Location:
  • United States
  • North Carolina
  • Durham (N.C.)
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Provenance:
The Duke University Chapel Recordings were transferred to the Duke University Archives beginning in 1970.
Rights:
Limited Re-Use
CC BY-NC 4.0
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