Roman Faith and Christian Faith - Morgan, Teresa (Professor of Graeco-Roman History, Nancy Bissell Turpin Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, Professor of Graeco-Roman History, Nancy Bissell Turpin Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, University of Oxford)

This book begins with the question why 'faith' (pistis/fides) was so important to early Christians that it dominated their earliest writings. It argues that the study of emerging Christian pistis/fides must be interdisciplinary, located in the social practices and mentalités of Hellenistic Judaism and the early Roman empire.