Affect Theory, Shame, and Christian Formation

by Stephanie N Arel and Stephanie N. Arel

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331982614X
• ISBN13: 9783319826141
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"