Defending Shame: Its Formative Power in Paul's Letters

by Te-Li Lau

Book Overview

2020 Center for Biblical Studies Book Award (New Testament)

Our culture often views shame in a negative light. However, Paul's use of shame, when properly understood and applied, has much to teach the contemporary church. Filling a lacuna in Pauline scholarship, this book shows how Paul uses shame to admonish and to transform the minds of his readers into the mind of Christ. The author examines Paul's use of shame for moral formation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540960145
• ISBN13: 9781540960146
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"