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Book: Shame-informed Counselling and Psychotherapy

By HonorShame Posted on January 16, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Dr. Edmund Ng is the founding president of the Asian Christian Counselors Association. This post stems from his new book Shame-informed Counselling and Psychotherapy: Eastern and Western Perspectives (Routledge, 2020). Whether it is in people-helping or mission outreach, I firmly …

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New Evangelism Training Videos (CRU)

By HonorShame Posted on January 6, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment

In 2018 CRU released “Honor Restored,“a digital tool designed to help you share the good news of Jesus with friends from honor-shame cultures. Since then, the app has been translated into many languages and used widely. The creators now have …

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When to Shame? When to Honor?

By HonorShame Posted on December 9, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized 8 Comments

When should we honor (or shame) someone? This question is complex and has many facets. However, the book Economies of Esteem (OUP, 2004) offers interesting insight into “esteem equilibrium” (pages 126-29). As an economic theory, their model is descriptive, not …

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The Atonement: A Series

By HonorShame Posted on October 29, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized 5 Comments

How does God save? More specifically, how do Jesus’ death and resurrection bring salvation? This is the question of “atonement”—the core of Christian theology. Posts over the next several weeks will explore the theology of atonement in light of honor-shame. …

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New Issue of Missio Dei Journal on Honor-Shame

By HonorShame Posted on October 22, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

The academic online publication Missio Dei: A Journal of Missional Theology and Praxis has a recent issue dedicated to honor and shame. Rather than repeating the introductory explanations of honor and shame, the articles apply and explore a rich variety of topics in …

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Perpetua and Felicitas

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

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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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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Life of St. Antony and Early Monasticism

By HonorShame Posted on May 7, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

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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Webinar: “How to Teach Honor and Shame”

By HonorShame Posted on April 27, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Free Zoom Webinar: “How to Teach Honor and Shame,” by Jayson Georges Wednesday, April 29 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time Honor and shame are important topics, but often they are new concepts for people. How can we effectively introduce honor …

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Making Disciples of the Whole Family

By HonorShame Posted on April 22, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Guest Jeannie Marie is an author, speaker and strategist for an international sending organization. This post is an excerpt from her book Across the Street and Around the World: Following Jesus to the Nations in Your Neighborhood…and Beyond (Thomas Nelson, 2018). As …

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Webinar— “Guilt–Shame–Fear”: Assessing the Cultural Model

By HonorShame Posted on April 20, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized 2 Comments

Free Zoom Webinar: “Guilt–Shame–Fear: Assessing the Cultural Model,” by Jayson Georges Wednesday, April 22 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time The paradigm of guilt, shame, and fear cultures has become a popular topic in mission conversations. The presenter Jayson Georges published The …

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Webinar: “Honor & Shame in Romans”

By HonorShame Posted on April 13, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Free Zoom Webinar: “Honor & Shame in Romans,” by Jackson Wu Wednesday, April 15 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time Since the Reformation, Christians have read Romans with an emphasis on individual forgiveness and justification. However, the motifs of honor and …

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The Ladder of Ascent

By HonorShame Posted on April 7, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized 4 Comments

The Ladder of Ascent is a spiritual treatise about monastic asceticism. An Egyptian monk named John Climacus (“the Ladder”) wrote this book around 600AD as a spiritual guide for other monks. The book presents 30 “steps” toward spiritual maturity, and …

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Webinar: “Intro to Patronage”

By HonorShame Posted on April 6, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

Free Zoom Webinar: “Introduction to Patronage,” by Jayson Georges Wednesday, April 8 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time Patronage governs many relationship in honor-shame cultures. But regrettably, Western culture and theology rarely notices this prominent cultural reality. Based on Jayson’s latest …

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Webinar: “How to Teach Honor and Shame”

By HonorShame Posted on March 27, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized 3 Comments

Free Zoom Webinar: “How to Teach Honor and Shame,” by Jayson Georges Thursday, April 2 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time Note: Sorry, but his webinar is already at capacity (100 people). Such an interest was not expected. I do plan …

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Cancelled: 2020 Honor-Shame Conference

By HonorShame Posted on March 23, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment

The 2020 Honor-Shame Conference has been cancelled because of the coronavirus threat. We are sad about this, but there are obviously other pressing issues these days. People who registered should have received refund information from Werner Mischke at Mission ONE. You …

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The First Missions Book on Honor & Shame

By HonorShame Posted on March 11, 2020 Posted in News, Uncategorized 4 Comments

In 1975, missions professor Lowell Noble self-published the book Naked and Not Ashamed: An Anthropological, Biblical, and Psychological Study of Shame. To my knowledge, this was the first work of evangelical missiology that addressed honor and shame. This post recounts …

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Honor-Shame has Gone Global!

By HonorShame Posted on February 26, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized 7 Comments

Dr. Chris Flanders is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Theology at Abilene Christian University, and author of About Face: Rethinking Face for 21st-Century Mission. As an organizer for the upcoming Honor-Shame Conference, he shares some reflections on the …

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Does God Really Remove our Shame?

By HonorShame Posted on February 20, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized 9 Comments

The Bible says that God removes our shame. “I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth” (Zeph 3:19). Both Paul and Peter quote Isaiah 28:16: “Whoever believes in him will not be put to shame” …

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Honor-Shame Conference—Speakers and Opportunities

By HonorShame Posted on February 17, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments

The Honor-Shame Conference, June 8–10, 2020 at Wheaton College is gathering numerous practitioners and scholars to explore how honor and shame influence the gospel, the Church, and various disciplines, including theology, missiology, pastoral ministry, and counseling. The seven plenary presenters are John M. G. …

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