Roman faith and Christian faith: Pistis and Fides in the early Roman empire and early churches
This 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...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Teresa Morgan, Roman faith and Christian faith] (2018) (Ritter, Adolf Martin, 1933 -)
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| Edition: | 1. ed. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Roman Empire
/ Faith
B New Testament / Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Christianity and culture
History Early church, ca. 30-600
B Faith History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600 B Christianity and other religions Novel B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 |
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| Summary: | This 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. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [515] - 594) and index Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| ISBN: | 0198724144 |