Affect Theory, Shame, and Christian Formation
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Word Count
51,500 words, Guess
Page Count
206 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-103319425919
- ISBN-139783319425917
- OCLC Control Number952384132
- Better World Books9783319425917
- Open LibraryOL28977459M
Classifications
- LCCBL1-2790
- LCCBT714 .A74 2016
Description
This book addresses the eclipse of shame in Christian theology by showing how shame emerges in Christian texts and practice in ways that can be neither assimilated into a discourses of guilt nor dissociated from embodiment. Stephanie N. Arel argues that the traditional focus on guilt obscures shame by perpetuating the image of the lonely sinner in guilt. Drawing on recent studies in affect and attachment theories to frame the theological analysis, the text examines the theological anthropological writings of Augustine and Reinhold Niebuhr, the interpretation of empathy by Edith Stein, and moments of touch in Christian praxis. Bringing the affective dynamics of shame to the forefront enables theologians and religious leaders to identify where shame emerges in language and human behaviour. The text expands work in trauma theory, providing a multi-layered theological lens for engaging shame and accompanying suffering.
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