The Resource Saving shame : martyrs, saints, and other abject subjects, Virginia Burrus
Saving shame : martyrs, saints, and other abject subjects, Virginia Burrus
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- Summary
- "Virginia Burrus explores one of the strongest and most disturbing aspects of the Christian tradition, its excessive preoccupation with shame. While Christianity has frequently been implicated in the conversion of ancient Mediterranean cultures from shame- to guilt-based, and thus in the emergence of the modern West's emphasis on guilt, Burrus seeks to recuperate the importance of shame for Christian culture. Focusing on late antiquity, she explores a range of fascinating phenomena, from the flamboyant performances of martyrs to the imagined abjection of Christ, from the self-humiliating disciplines of ascetics to the intimate disclosures of Augustine." "Burrus argues that Christianity innovated less by replacing shame with guilt than by embracing shame. Indeed, the ancient Christians sacrificed honor but laid claim to their own shame with great energy, at once intensifying and transforming it. Public spectacles of martyrdom became the most visible means through which vulnerability to shame was converted into a defiant witness of identity; this was also where the sacrificial death of the self exemplified by Christ's crucifixion was most explicitly appropriated by his followers. Shame showed a more private face as well, as Burrus demonstrates. The ambivalent lure of fleshly corruptibility was explored in the rheological imaginary of incarnational Christology. It was further embodied in the transgressive disciplines of saints who plumbed the depths of humiliation. Eventually, with the advent of literary and monastic confessional practices, the shame of sin's inexhaustibility made itself heard in the revelations of testimonial discourse." "In conversation with an eclectic constellation of theorists, Burrus interweaves her historical argument with theological, psychological, and ethical reflections. She proposes, finally, that early Christian texts may have much to teach us about the secrets of shame that lie at the heart of our capacity for humility, courage, and transformative love."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 193 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction: Outing shame
- Shameless witnesses
- An embarrassment of flesh
- The desire and pursuit of humiliation
- Shameful confessions
- Afterword: Shame, politics, love
- Isbn
- 9780812201512
- Label
- Saving shame : martyrs, saints, and other abject subjects
- Title
- Saving shame
- Title remainder
- martyrs, saints, and other abject subjects
- Statement of responsibility
- Virginia Burrus
- Subject
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- Christentum
- Christentum -- Scham
- Electronic books
- Fornkyrkan
- Humiliation
- Humiliation
- RELIGION -- Christianity | History
- Schaamte
- Scham
- Scham
- Scham -- Christentum
- Shame -- Religious aspects | Christianity
- Shame -- Religious aspects | Christianity
- Skamkänslor -- religiösa aspekter | kristendom | historia
- Christentum
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Virginia Burrus explores one of the strongest and most disturbing aspects of the Christian tradition, its excessive preoccupation with shame. While Christianity has frequently been implicated in the conversion of ancient Mediterranean cultures from shame- to guilt-based, and thus in the emergence of the modern West's emphasis on guilt, Burrus seeks to recuperate the importance of shame for Christian culture. Focusing on late antiquity, she explores a range of fascinating phenomena, from the flamboyant performances of martyrs to the imagined abjection of Christ, from the self-humiliating disciplines of ascetics to the intimate disclosures of Augustine." "Burrus argues that Christianity innovated less by replacing shame with guilt than by embracing shame. Indeed, the ancient Christians sacrificed honor but laid claim to their own shame with great energy, at once intensifying and transforming it. Public spectacles of martyrdom became the most visible means through which vulnerability to shame was converted into a defiant witness of identity; this was also where the sacrificial death of the self exemplified by Christ's crucifixion was most explicitly appropriated by his followers. Shame showed a more private face as well, as Burrus demonstrates. The ambivalent lure of fleshly corruptibility was explored in the rheological imaginary of incarnational Christology. It was further embodied in the transgressive disciplines of saints who plumbed the depths of humiliation. Eventually, with the advent of literary and monastic confessional practices, the shame of sin's inexhaustibility made itself heard in the revelations of testimonial discourse." "In conversation with an eclectic constellation of theorists, Burrus interweaves her historical argument with theological, psychological, and ethical reflections. She proposes, finally, that early Christian texts may have much to teach us about the secrets of shame that lie at the heart of our capacity for humility, courage, and transformative love."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Burrus, Virginia
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Divinations
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Shame
- Humiliation
- RELIGION
- Humiliation
- Shame
- Schaamte
- Christentum
- Scham
- Scham
- Christentum
- Christentum
- Scham
- Skamkänslor
- Fornkyrkan
- Label
- Saving shame : martyrs, saints, and other abject subjects, Virginia Burrus
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Outing shame -- Shameless witnesses -- An embarrassment of flesh -- The desire and pursuit of humiliation -- Shameful confessions -- Afterword: Shame, politics, love
- Control code
- ocn859162263
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 193 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812201512
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt35cqn0
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)859162263
- Label
- Saving shame : martyrs, saints, and other abject subjects, Virginia Burrus
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Outing shame -- Shameless witnesses -- An embarrassment of flesh -- The desire and pursuit of humiliation -- Shameful confessions -- Afterword: Shame, politics, love
- Control code
- ocn859162263
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 193 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812201512
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt35cqn0
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)859162263
Subject
- Christentum
- Christentum -- Scham
- Electronic books
- Fornkyrkan
- Humiliation
- Humiliation
- RELIGION -- Christianity | History
- Schaamte
- Scham
- Scham
- Scham -- Christentum
- Shame -- Religious aspects | Christianity
- Shame -- Religious aspects | Christianity
- Skamkänslor -- religiösa aspekter | kristendom | historia
- Christentum
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