{"product_id":"roman-faith-and-christian-faith-9780198801054","title":"Roman Faith and Christian Faith","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis study investigates why 'faith' (pistis\/fides) was so important to early Christians that the concept and praxis dominated the writings of the New Testament. It argues that such a study must be interdisciplinary, locating emerging Christianities in the social practices and mentalités of contemporary Judaism and the early Roman empire. This can, therefore, equally be read as a study of the operation of pistis\/fides in the world of the early Roman principate, taking one but relatively well-attested cult as a case study in how micro-societies within that world could treat it distinctively. Drawing on recent work in sociology and economics, the book traces the varying shapes taken by pistis\/fides in Greek and Roman human and divine-human relationships: whom or what is represented as easy or difficult to trust or believe in; where pistis\/fides is 'deferred' and 'reified' in practices such as oaths and proofs; how pistis\/fides is related to fear, doubt and scepticism; and which foundations of pistis\/fides are treated as more or less secure. The book then traces the evolution of representations of human and divine-human pistis in the Septuagint, before turning to pistis\/pisteuein in New Testament writings and their role in the development of early Christologies (incorporating a new interpretation of pistis Christou) and ecclesiologies. It argues for the integration of the study of pistis\/pisteuein with that of New Testament ethics. It explores the interiority of Graeco-Roman and early Christian pistis\/fides. Finally, it discusses eschatological pistis and the shape of the divine-human community in the eschatological kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teresa Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43577573802045,"sku":"9780198801054","price":128.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780198801054.jpg?v=1788650492","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/roman-faith-and-christian-faith-9780198801054","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}