The Politics of Peace in Romans

Postcolonial Intertextuality and the Double-Voiced Discourse of Scripture and Roman Imperialism

By: Dr Dain Alexander Smith

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Hardcover | 5 March 2026

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This volume explores Paulâs use of Scripture and Roman imperialism, finding hermeneutical and theoretical clarity and a fresh understanding of peace in Romans. Dain Alexander Smith interprets Romans with postcolonial intertextuality to reveal that Romans employs a consistent textual strategy for discussing the gospel, justice, and peace. Smith thus focuses on 12:17â"13:14 and 14:17â"19, to provide the reader with fresh interpretive insights on the text of Romans.

Smith proposes that Romans presents a political theology of peace that is intertextually âdouble-voiced", that the pairing of peace and justice in Romans is primarily informed by the political discourses of LXX Isaiah and LXX Psalms, but suggesting that this pairing is also presented in contrast to the Roman Empireâs political ideals, as exemplified in the Pax Romana. Ultimately, Smith argues that placing Romans in postcolonial-intertextual dialogue reveals that Paulâs ethics construct a community that represents the justice and peace of Godâs eschatological kingdom in contrast to the justice and peace of the Roman Empire.

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