Emerging scholarship want to read the New Testament as in a socio-political context that was dominated by Roman imperial ideology. Does imperial ideology indeed form the primary Greco-Roman background for the letters of Paul? Burk describes how American imperialism forms the background for this approach. He then goes on to extensively evaluate various aspects of the "Fresh Perspective," such as its drawing illegitimate parallels between the Roman Empire and present-day America.

This article on church history records the rise of the Holy Roman Empire, with the formation of an alliance between the pope and emperor. The author discusses the rise of simony, the impact of feudalism, and the causes of the division of the western church and eastern church.

This article shows how God prepared the world for the coming of Christ through the governing of the Roman empire, the Greek language, and the culture of the time. The author discusses this context surrounding the 1st century church and early church history.

This article is about the Roman empire and the advancement of gospel, communication opportunities and mission in the early church, syncretism, and the relation of world history and church history.