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There are a stream of books and articles coming out that address the question as to whether the Greek word\u00a0pistis\u00a0<\/em>denotes\/connotes faith, faithfulness, or loyalty<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Teresa Morgan, Roman Faith and Christian Faith: Pistis and Fides in the Early Roman Empire and Early Churches<\/a> <\/em>(Oxford: OUP, 2015).<\/p>\n

This study investigates why \u201cfaith\u201d (pistis\/fides<\/em>) 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<\/em> of contemporary Judaism and the early Roman empire. This can, therefore, equally be read as a study of the operation of pistis\/fides<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n

Drawing on recent work in sociology and economics, the book traces the varying shapes taken by pistis\/fides<\/em> 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 \u201cdeferred\u201d and \u201creified\u201d in practices such as oaths and proofs; how pistis\/fides<\/em> is related to fear, doubt and scepticism; and which foundations of pistis\/fides<\/em> are treated as more or less secure.<\/p>\n

The book then traces the evolution of representations of human and divine-human pistis<\/em> in the Septuagint, before turning to pistis\/pisteuein<\/em> in New Testament writings and their role in the development of early Christologies (incorporating a new interpretation of pistis Christou<\/em>) and ecclesiologies. It argues for the integration of the study of pistis\/pisteuein<\/em> with that of New Testament ethics. It explores the interiority of Graeco-Roman and early Christian pistis\/fides<\/em>. Finally, it discusses eschatological pistis<\/em> and the shape of the divine-human community in the eschatological kingdom.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Matthew Bates,\u00a0 Salvation by Allegiance Alone<\/em>:\u00a0Rethinking Faith, Works, and the Gospel of Jesus the King<\/em><\/a> (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2016).<\/p>\n

We are saved by faith when we trust that Jesus died for our sins. This is the gospel, or so we are taught. But what is faith? And does this accurately summarize the gospel? Because faith is frequently misunderstood and the climax of the gospel misidentified, the gospel\u2019s full power remains untapped. While offering a fresh proposal for what faith means within a biblical theology of salvation, Matthew Bates presses the church toward a new precision: we are saved solely by allegiance to Jesus the king. Instead of faith alone, Christians must speak about salvation by allegiance alone. The book includes discussion questions for students, pastors, and church groups and a foreword by Scot McKnight.<\/p>\n

Among recent journal articles see:<\/p>\n

Paula Fredriksen on \u201cPaul\u2019s Letter to the Romans, the Ten Commandments, and Pagan \u2018Justification by faith,\u2019\u201d\u00a0JBL\u00a0<\/em>133.4 (2014): 801-7.<\/p>\n

Paula Fredriksen, \u201cJudaizing the Nations: The Ritual Demands of Paul\u2019s Gospel,\u201d NTS <\/em>56 (2010): 232-52.<\/p>\n

Stephen Young, \u201c\u201cPaul\u2019s Ethnic Discourse on \u2018Faith\u2019: Christ\u2019s Faith and Gentile Access to the Judean god in Rom 3:21-5:1\u2033 HTR <\/em>108 (2015): 30-51.<\/p>\n

Kevin W. McFadden, \u201cDoes Pistis<\/em> Mean \u2018Faith[fullness]\u2019 in Paul?\u2019 TynB <\/em>(2016).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"