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1 Oct 08

Shame on who? (learning about women and "positive shame")

I am new to the world of honor/shame research and I am now diving in. I know some of the basics, but after reading Bruce Malina’s chapter on honor and shame in his New Testament World, I am still trying to get a hold of this “positive shame” business:
Positive shame, a sense of shame, means [...]

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