Dr. Melissa C. M. Tan (PhD., University of Aberdeen) wrote her doctoral dissertation on the methodology of Bruce Malina, the scholar who introduced honor-shame, patronage, and related anthropological categories to New Testament studies and even missiology. Forty-five years have passed …

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In 1 Cor 11:27, Paul says, “Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily is culpable of the body and the blood of the Lord” (Ὥστε ὃς ἂν ἐσθίῃ τὸν ἄρτον ἢ πίνῃ τὸ ποτήριον τοῦ …

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Dr. Chris Flanders (Abilene Christian University) has provided an invaluable service to anyone interested in honor-shame, especially researchers—a thorough bibliography of publications on honor and shame. The list includes cultural, biblical, theological, and missiological works.  You can access the Zotero …

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