{"product_id":"roman-faith-and-christian-faith-pistis-and-fides-in-the-early-roman-empire-and-early-churches-019880105x","title":"Roman Faith and Christian Faith: Pistis and Fides in the Early Roman Empire and Early Churches","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 019880105X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Morgan, Teresa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\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 mentalites 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 small 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":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669175959840,"sku":"NEW019880105X","price":86.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/913X2nH1ESL.jpg?v=1779041721","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/roman-faith-and-christian-faith-pistis-and-fides-in-the-early-roman-empire-and-early-churches-019880105x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}