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Purity and Pollution in the Gospels

By HonorShame Posted on October 15, 2020 Posted in Bible 1 Comment

“Jews in the first century focused on external, ritual purity. Then Jesus came along and erased all the Jewish purity regulations. He emphasized on the internal, moral dimensions of the Law.” Such thinking is the standard Christian interpretation of Jesus’ …

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Honor-Shame in India??

By HonorShame Posted on October 7, 2020 Posted in Culture 3 Comments Tagged with India, resources

There appears to very few resources about honor-shame in India. Compared with other contexts such as Asian and Arab cultures, I have discovered only a few resources on the topic, either secular or Christian. This is surprising to me, considering …

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A Gospel Narrative for the Shame-Honor Culture of India

By HonorShame Posted on September 23, 2020 Posted in Communication, Culture 3 Comments Tagged with contextualization, gospel, India

Jay Dharan (M.Div, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary) is a Bible-teacher ministering in India. He desires to foster an indigenous Christianity that addresses the honor-shame culture of India. In India, the shame-honor culture is deeply rooted in the caste system, which …

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Paul’s Rhetoric of Shame in Philemon, ala John Chrysostom

By HonorShame Posted on September 15, 2020 Posted in Bible No Comments Tagged with philemon

John Chrysostom preached four homilies on Paul’s letter to Philemon. The fourth-century bishop of Constantinople was trained in Greek rhetoric, so he discusses the various ways that Paul uses honor and shame to influence Philemon. The words “honor” and “shame” …

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Article: “Why We Dislike Shame”

By HonorShame Posted on September 2, 2020 Posted in Culture, ethics 3 Comments

The American Interest has published an article “Why We Dislike Shame—and Can’t Get Enough of It.” The article examines why shaming is essential in America today, and offers some suggestions for curbing its excesses. I commend the article for its clarity, balance, …

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My Response to a Critique

By HonorShame Posted on August 26, 2020 Posted in Culture 16 Comments

The academic journal Missiology recently published a critique of honor-shame, especially my book The 3D Gospel. The article is entitled “The Culture Problem: How the Honor/Shame Issue Got the Wrong End of the Anthropological Stick”, by Johannes Merz (PhD), an …

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The Origins of Guilt-Shame-Fear

By HonorShame Posted on August 19, 2020 Posted in Bible 4 Comments

From where do we get the categories of “guilt,” “shame,” and “fear”? People do not use these terms to classify themselves. Rather, they are outside (etic) terms that researchers have used to describe the primary relational patterns in groups. In …

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New Webzine: Women, Honour, & Shame

By HonorShame Posted on August 17, 2020 Posted in Bible, Ministry, Missiology 2 Comments Tagged with journal, resources, women

The online forum When Women Speak has published a new webzine on the topic of honor and shame. Below is a list of the articles, which are introduced in the editorial. A sentence from the opening page explains why these articles …

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Perpetua and Felicitas

By HonorShame Posted on August 5, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment Tagged with history

The Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas is an early martyr story that subverts and transforms the ancient Greco-Roman notions of honor and shame. Summary The short story narrates the martyrdom of six young catechumens in Carthage, North Africa in the …

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4 Honor-Shame Motifs of Lamentations 1

By HonorShame Posted on July 22, 2020 Posted in Bible, OT 1 Comment Tagged with lament, OT

The realities of dishonor and shame pervade the book of Lamentations (see previous post). Four motifs express the honor-shame dynamics in Lamentations 1—defilement, loneliness, subjugation, and desperation, as this post explores. Defilement The poet portrays the destruction of Israel is …

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Honor and Shame in Lamentations

By HonorShame Posted on July 15, 2020 Posted in Bible, OT No Comments Tagged with lament

The book of Lamentations features two of my least favorite things in the world—poetry and suffering. I enjoy many other biblical books more than Lamentations. But in seasons of loss and anguish, the voice of Lamentations has drawn my attention …

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Pledge Allegiance To Christ

By HonorShame Posted on June 24, 2020 Posted in leadership, Ministry, NT 1 Comment

Guest Werner Mischke did a blog series on some key books in New Testament studies related to allegiance, or “relational loyalty”. This concluding post summarizes and applies the key ideas. Reposted with permission. Post #1 introduces the topic of allegiance to “THE …

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Updated: Honor-Shame Research Bibliography

By HonorShame Posted on June 17, 2020 Posted in Resources 2 Comments Tagged with bibliography, resources

In 2015, I compiled and released an extensive bibliography for honor-shame to facilitate research on the topic. Since then, the amount of resources on honor and shame has greatly increased. Thanks to the work of Chris Flanders, the bibliography has …

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“In Christ” as a Communal Ethic

By HonorShame Posted on June 10, 2020 Posted in ethics, Theology 5 Comments Tagged with community., ethics, in christ

I remember reading Neil Anderson’s The Bondage Breaker as a new believer. The long list of “who I am in Christ” statements was powerful. Knowing my position is essential to the Christian life. But have you ever noticed how those …

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Honor and Shame as (New) Covenant Language

By HonorShame Posted on June 3, 2020 Posted in Bible, salvation, Shame, Theology 4 Comments Tagged with bible, covenant, salvation, theology

The removal of shame is a new covenant reality. When God (re)makes his covenant, he removes the shame of his people. This covenantal context, I believe, is crucial to properly understanding the nature of biblical shame, and, thus, salvation as …

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Honor and Shame in Letter of Aristeas

By HonorShame Posted on May 27, 2020 Posted in Bible, NT, OT 1 Comment Tagged with bible, culture

Letter of Aristeas is a second-century BC “historical letter” explaining the composition of the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament, i.e., LXX) by Jews in Alexandria. Honor and shame are prominent motifs in the story. The Plot The …

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Resources & Webinars

By HonorShame Posted on May 20, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Here are some resources available at HonorShame.com. I try to keep these updated to make honor-shame content accessible. Webpages Videos—A compilation of teaching videos and short clips. Blogposts—Hundreds of the blogposts from HonorShame.com, categorized by topics. Recommenced Resources—A list of …

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Ruth 1 (HSP)

By HonorShame Posted on May 13, 2020 Posted in Bible, Honor-Shame Paraphrase 1 Comment Tagged with OT, ruth

This paraphrase of Ruth 1 is from the new book Ruth: An Honor-Shame Paraphrase. A long time ago before the days of king David, a man named Elimelech lived in his ancestral village of Bethlehem. There was a famine in the land …

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Life of St. Antony and Early Monasticism

By HonorShame Posted on May 7, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with church history

Life of St. Antony, written by Athanasius in 360 AD, is one of the most important books in Christian history. The hagiography recounts the spiritual journey of the famous “Father of Christian Monasticism.” Antony was an uneducated orphan who lived …

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New Book—Ruth: An Honor-Shame Paraphrse

By HonorShame Posted on April 30, 2020 Posted in Honor-Shame Paraphrase No Comments

The new book Ruth: An Honor-Shame Paraphrase is now available. Along with 1 Peter, Esther, Psalms, James, and Malachi, this is the sixth title in the Honor-Shame Paraphrase series. The book of Ruth has a simple yet inspiring plot line—God redeems a family from despair and social shame …

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