Defending Shame

Its Formative Power in Paul's Letters

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Pub Date 21 Apr 2020 | Archive Date 30 Apr 2020

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2020 Center for Biblical Studies Book Award (New Testament)

Our culture often views shame in a negative light. However, Paul's use of shame, when properly understood and applied, has much to teach the contemporary church. Filling a lacuna in Pauline scholarship, this book shows how Paul uses shame to admonish and to transform the minds of his readers into the mind of Christ. The author examines Paul's use of shame for moral formation within his Jewish and Greco-Roman context, compares and contrasts Paul's use of shame with other cultural voices, and offers a corrective understanding for today's church. Foreword by Luke Timothy Johnson.
2020 Center for Biblical Studies Book Award (New Testament)

Our culture often views shame in a negative light. However, Paul's use of shame, when properly understood and applied, has much to teach the...

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ISBN 9781540960146
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PAGES 288

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Te-Li Lau's Defending Shame is a helpful read for anyone who wants to better understand 'honour and shame' framework that is indigenous to the gospel of Jesus Christ. A helpful read.

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There need to be more books like this on the market and being used in seminary studies and in the church. Any treatment of shame is going to be received with skepticism, but this is a much-needed and vital contribution to the discussion of how shame WORKS.

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