The Shame Factor: How Shame Shapes Society
Ebook
Overview
This volume deals with the varied forms of shame reflected in biblical, theological, psychological and anthropological sources. Although traditional theology and church practice concentrate on providing forgiveness for shameful behavior, recent scholarship has discovered the crucial relevance of social shame evoked by mental status, adversity, slavery, abuse, illness, grief and defeat. Anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists have discovered that unresolved social shame is related to racial and social prejudice, to bullying, crime, genocide, narcissism, post-traumatic stress and other forms of toxic behavior. Eleven leaders in this research participated in a conference on “The Shame Factor,” sponsored by St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Lincoln, NE in October 2010. Their essays explore the impact and the transformation of shame in a variety of arenas, comprising in this volume a unique and innovative resource for contemporary religion, therapy, ethics, and social analysis.
Product Details
- Title : The Shame Factor: How Shame Shapes Society
- Authors:
- Jewett, Robert
- Alloway, Wayne
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Publication Date: 2010
- ISBN: 9781621892649
Robert Jewett taught for 20 years at Garrett-Evangelical
Theological Seminary, and is currently a Guest Professor of New
Testament at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He is the
author of Mission and Menace: Four Centuries of American Religious
Zeal, and is Theologian in Residence at St. Mark's Methodist Church
in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Wayne L. Alloway Jr. is Senior Pastor of St. Mark's United
Methodist Church in Lincoln and is also a member of the Board of
Trustees at St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City,
Missouri.
John G. Lacey is Executive Pastor of St. Mark's United Methodist
Church in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is a lifelong student of the Bible
with a passion for teaching and writing about the Scripture.