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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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Morgan, Teresa 1968- (Άλλος)
Τύπος μέσου: Εκτύπωση Βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: Oxford Oxford University Press 2015
Στο/Στη:Έτος: 2015
Κριτικές:[Rezension von: Teresa Morgan, Roman faith and Christian faith] (2018) (Ritter, Adolf Martin, 1933 -)
Έκδοση:1. ed.
Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών:B Römisches Reich / Πίστη (μοτίβο)
B Bibel. Neues Testament / Πρώιμος Χριστιανισμός
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Christianity and culture History Early church, ca. 30-600
B Faith History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600
B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
B Christianity and other religions Μυθιστόρημα
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Σύνοψη: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.
Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου:Includes bibliographical references (p. [515] - 594) and index
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ISBN:0198724144