Kyle Harper on Early Christian Views of Slavery

For more on this event, visit: http://bit.ly/1gcO2Ny For a full length video of this event, visit: http://bit.ly/1gqtZrn For more on the Berkley Center, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/ For more on the Religious Freedom Project, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/rfp December 14, 2013 | From Cairo and Damascus to Tehran and Beijing, religious freedom is under siege. Ironically, it is Christianity—a faith that contributed decisively to the rise of religious liberty—that now finds itself increasingly persecuted around the world. In view of this global crisis, Georgetown University's Religious Freedom Project hosted a two-day conference in Rome highlighting Christianity's contributions to the understanding and practice of freedom for all people. The conference presented findings from a two-year study by dozens of scholars concerning Christianity's contributions to freedom. This event was co-sponsored by Baylor University's Institute for Studies of Religion and made possible by a generous grant from the Historical Society's Religion and Innovation in Human Affairs Program. More information about the Christianity and Freedom project is available on the Religious Freedom Project's website.